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A Van Cleef and Arpels necklace stolen from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts, on August 27, 2026.(INTERPOL via X)
August 29, 2026, 8:14 pm
Vienna thieves steal diamond necklace Egyptian queen wore at daughter’s wedding to future Iran shah
Police say the robbers bought tickets to exhibition before smashing display case and snatching the precious jewelry, the latest high-profile heist to hit a European museum
By AFP
Melanie Koloditzky at work, 2026 (Courtesy)
July 25, 2026, 7:18 am
Melanie Koloditzky: The breast-milk jewelry maker
In this week’s Peoples of Israel, we meet a woman who blends art and science to preserve a fleeting chapter of life
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Works by French jeweller Andre Chervin and his New York atelier, Carvin French, are displayed at an exhibition at the New-York Historical Society in New York on September 6, 2023. (Ed JONES / AFP)
September 13, 2023, 7:14 pm
Reclusive Jewish French jeweler’s art on display in New York
Andre Chervin, 95, has supplied the world’s most elite brands for decades; says collection represents ‘a lifetime of work’
By Nicolas Revise
Christie's international head of jewelry Rahul Kadakia presents an item from the collection of Heidi Horten ahead of auction in Geneva, Switzerland, May 8, 2023. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
September 1, 2023, 2:45 am
Christie’s cancels second auction of jewelry linked to Nazi plunder
Announcement follows campaign by Jewish groups in response to auction house’s sale of jewelry belonging to the late heiress to the fortune of a former Nazi Party member
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Libyan women craft traditional filigree jewellery at a workshop in the capital Tripoli, June 8, 2022. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
July 9, 2022, 8:53 pm
Libya sees rebirth of traditional jewelry craft once taught by Jewish artisans
People of all ages come to train at Tripoli schools in art of filigree, which involves the use of beads, threads, and precious materials to create detailed designs
By Rim Taher
Undated image of Helene Fortunoff (left) with Lauren Bacall and Liz Smith at an event in New York City. (Randy Brooke/ WireImage via JTA)
November 16, 2021, 12:33 am
Helene Fortunoff, Jewish pioneer of a US jewelry empire, dies at 88
Family recalls businesswoman’s ethic to never stop working even for holidays; along with her husband, she supported an endowment for a Holocaust video archive at Yale University
By Shira Hanau
Robber smashes a case at a jewelry store in Haifa, October 2021 (Screen grab/Channel 13 news)
November 2, 2021, 9:48 am
Jewel thief ID’d after he slips, cuts himself on broken glass
Robbers take jewelry, watches worth NIS 285,000; one stumbles on smashed glass outside store during getaway, leaving blood drops the police use to identify him
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of three men robbing a Beersheba jewelry store, December 26, 2020. (Channel 12 news)
December 28, 2020, 6:59 pm
Smash and grab robbers take NIS 1.7 million haul from Beersheba jewelry store
Three masked men carrying metal bars burst into premises inside shopping mall, threaten seller as they sweep shelves, clean out safe and make their getaway within two minutes
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A picture taken on April 9, 2019, shows one of the rooms in the Green Vault (Gruenes Goelbe) at the Royal Palace in Dresden, Germany. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa/AFP)
November 17, 2020, 11:59 am
2 arrested in raids connected to spectacular German museum jewelry theft
Operation coordinated by police, prosecutors investigating the 2019 theft of a large diamond brooch, a diamond epaulette and other treasures from Dresden’s Green Vault Museum
By David Rising
Parts and a model of a mask are displayed by the Israeli jewelry company Yvel in Motza near Jerusalem, August 9, 2020. (AP Photo/ Sebastian Scheiner)
August 10, 2020, 11:06 am
Israeli jeweler makes $1.5 million gold, diamond virus mask
Isaac Levy says a Chinese businessman in the US has requested priciest face covering in the world; 18-karat mask will be decorated with 3,600 diamonds
By ISAAC SCHARF
Meghan Markle wears Adina Reyter earrings on Commonwealth Day, March 12, 2018. (Kirsty Wigglesworth - Pool/Getty images via Adina Reyter)
June 20, 2018, 4:44 pm
Royal boost for LA designer as Meghan Markle spotted wearing her earrings
Adina Reyter started her jewelry business on the side while still working in advertising. Now she gives other busy women an elegant look — that stays in their budgets
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Dana Rogozinski (right) with her grandmother Ella Lucak Rogozinski in 2015. (Courtesy)
May 1, 2018, 6:59 pm
Granddaughter of Holocaust survivors makes jewelry featuring Nazi tattoo numbers
Dana Rogozinski names company after her grandparents; aims to ‘spark important conversations’ through unique necklaces, bracelets, cuff links
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Designer Kim Smiley wearing some of her creations, Toronto, March 2018. (Gilbert Benamou)
March 29, 2018, 4:08 am
Toronto designer worn by Trudeaus stitches together fashion with social justice
With empathy as her work ethic, Kim Smiley hires immigrant and refugee women to make her intricate metallic lace and dazzling crystal jewelry
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A replica of Russian Queen Catherine the Great's imperial crown, which was used in the coronations of all Russian monarchs since Catherine the Great, set with 11,352 polished diamonds, with a total weight of 1,180 carats and on sale for $20 million, during the International Diamond Week (IDW) in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv on February 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
February 14, 2017, 9:09 pm
$20 million imperial crown dazzles Tel Aviv diamond dealers
Replica of Russian Queen Catherine the Great’s 11,352-diamond-studded crown steals show at International Diamond Week
By Jean-Luc Renaudie
February 3, 2017, 1:32 am
Jules Sauer, Brazilian ‘Gemstone Hunter,’ dies at 95
The French Jew got his start in gems as a young refugee in Brazil, shortly after fleeing the Nazi invasion of Belgium
By JTA
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