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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Codex Sassoon

A display at the Anu Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, part of its Jewish Resilience Project. (Roni Caanani/courtesy)
August 12, 2024, 10:38 am
Ups and downs of Anu Museum’s ‘Jewish Resilience Project’ usher us through trying times
New programming developed after Oct. 7 focuses on an ‘oscillating narrative’ that stresses how Jewish history is filled with highs and lows – a combination that fosters endurance
By Gavriel Fiske
Staff at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv welcome the Codex Sassoon to its new home on October 5, 2023 (Courtesy Peri Bindelglass)
October 6, 2023, 6:00 am
Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, in Israel for permanent display
Rare, 1,100-year-old manuscript travels in cockpit on historic El Al flight, will take up residence at Tel Aviv’s ANU Museum of the Jewish People after $38 million purchase in May
By Jessica Steinberg
Alfred Moses stands in front of the Codex Sassoon, which he purchased for more than $30 million and will be donating it to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. (Perry Bindelglass for The American Friends of ANU The Museum of the Jewish People via JTA)
June 2, 2023, 4:39 pm
Alfred Moses sees the Codex Sassoon he bought for over $30 million for the 1st time
Surrounded by family, the 93-year-old former US ambassador views the 1,200-year-old Bible, which he donated to the ANU Museum in Tel Aviv ‘for the Jewish people’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Sotheby's auctioneer Benjamin Doller takes bids on the Codex Sassoon in New York City on May 17, 2023. - (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
May 18, 2023, 12:32 am
Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, purchased for $38.1 million
Rare, 1,100-year-old manuscript to be displayed at ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv after former US envoy to Romania submits winning bid
By Jackie Hajdenberg and Asaf Shalev
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