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Souvenir 'coins' made at the Israel Museum's Youth Wing, alongside their certificate of inauthenticity. (Israel Museum)
August 27, 2017, 4:52 pm
Too good to be true: 8-year-old’s ‘rare coin’ not an ancient artifact
Originally thought to have been minted during the 66-70 CE Jewish Revolt, the piece is actually a worthless, kid-made souvenir from the Israel Museum's Youth Wing
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
'Faces of Power,' a temporary exhibit of the Victor A. Adda collection at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (Elie Posner)
August 21, 2017, 9:27 am
Israel Museum coin exhibit shows a daughter’s love is worth more than gold
Priceless collection of 75 gold Roman coins depicts evolution of propaganda and portraiture over 300 years
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses before the opening of his exhibition in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
June 2, 2017, 2:55 am
Resisting boycott calls in order to have ‘voice heard,’ Ai Weiwei unveils Jerusalem exhibit
As he rolls out his Israel Museum installation, politically active Chinese artist says Trump represents an old brand of hatred
By Mike Smith
Illustrator Maira Kalman putting the finishing touches on her mural at the Israel Museum's Youth Wing, part of the 'Cats and Dogs' exhibit (Courtesy Benni Maor)
June 1, 2017, 10:29 pm
American-Israeli artist goes to the dogs at the Israel Museum
Illustrator and canine lover Maira Kalman puts the final touches to a mural at the Youth Wing's 'Cats and Dogs' exhibit
By Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and US President Donald Trump talking at the Israel Museum, May 23, 2017 (Courtesy)
May 23, 2017, 9:10 pm
Trump’s success is not being Obama, but he still really wants peace
President's visit was historic in many ways, but the lack of explicit policy statements does little to clarify how he plans to reach the ultimate deal
By Raphael Ahren
Trump supporters from Missouri and Texas, including Susan Anderson, second from left, and Misty Frost, third from right, outside the Israel Museum waiting for a glimpse of the Trump motorcade on May 22, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
May 23, 2017, 3:29 pm
Outside Israel Museum, supporters hail Trump’s dedication to Israel
A previous presidential museum host, Amanda Weiss of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, appreciates gesture toward culture and history
By Melanie Lidman
Then-US president Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu examine the Dead Sea Scrolls, in the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, during Obama's visit to Israel in March 2013. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
May 23, 2017, 11:44 am
Trump brings spotlight to Israel Museum mired in hunt for leader
For more than a year, institution unable to fill shoes of longtime director James Snyder, who oversaw 'a huge revolution'
By Jessica Steinberg
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, May 19, 2017, prior to his departure on his first overseas trip. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 21, 2017, 4:27 pm
Where Trump walked: Holy Land sites loom large on itinerary
In addition to the Old City's Western Wall and Church of the Holy Sepulchre, US president to stop at Yad Vashem, Israel Museum and Bethlehem
By AFP
Japanese performance group Miss Revolutionary Ido Berserker brings the zaniness of 'Crazy Girls Save the World,' bringing Japanese animation to life for the Israel Festival (Courtesy Cyclone A)
May 3, 2017, 11:20 am
In timeless Jerusalem, Israel Festival celebrates the contemporary and avant-garde
The annual performance series, now in its 56th year, continues its push for young and restless audiences
By Jessica Steinberg
Israelis barbecue at Dolfinarium beach park in Tel Aviv on Israel's 68th Independence Day, May 12, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
May 1, 2017, 10:29 pm
On Independence Day, feel free to choose your celebration
Smashed burgers, a chocolatey porter, Israeli flicks and freebies are just some of the ways to avoid the silly string and inflatable hammers
By Jessica Steinberg
In this file photo taken Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Eli and Shuli Barzilai hold a copy of the Birds' Head Haggadah, the text read around Jewish dinner tables on the Passover holiday, in their home in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)
April 10, 2017, 11:35 am
Jewish family renews fight for world’s oldest illustrated haggadah
13th-century Passover manuscript, owned by German Jewish lawmaker Ludwig Marum until he was taken by the Nazis, now housed in the Israel Museum
By Daniel Estrin
Had Gadya dominoes from the design team at Dov Abramson Studio, another kind of Passover inspiration (Courtesy Dov Abramson Studio)
April 8, 2017, 7:57 pm
No plagues here: 10 ways to celebrate Passover all week long
Beyond a new haggadah, we've got opera for young listeners, balloon sculpture and design inspiration
By Jessica Steinberg
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, one of the country's major cultural institutions, is trying to find a new director (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 6, 2017, 12:38 am
Israel Museum renews search for new director
Tel Aviv U's Eran Neuman decides not to take up job, after differences of opinion on role
By Jessica Steinberg
A family visiting the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in 1965, when the iconic institution first opened. (Courtesy Israel Museum)
March 22, 2017, 11:53 am
From its first curator, a breathless, memorable account of the opening of the iconic Israel Museum
Karl Katz lived and breathed museums worldwide through a fruitful and distinguished career. But never to more abiding effect, as he shows in 'The Exhibitionist,' than in Jerusalem in the 1960s
By Asher Weill
Karl Katz (Courtesy)
March 12, 2017, 12:19 pm
Unabashed ‘Exhibitionist’s new memoir unveils his days and nights in the museum
Karl Katz writes revealing book about 60-year career planning and growing major cultural institutions in US and Israel
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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