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Climbing to a cliff cave on the Lebanon border on June 29, 2018. (Yoav Negev)
July 2, 2018, 4:58 pm
On Lebanon border, salvage op rappels 2,000-year-old vessels down sheer cliff
Why ancient settlers inhabited a cave above a 30-meter drop is unclear. But these weren’t people on vacation, says researcher
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Loa'i Ghaithe carefully applies gold trim to a specialty item. (Brett Kline/Times of Israel)
January 3, 2017, 10:29 am
From Hebron hovel to airport kiosk, on the trail of Holy Land ceramics
Tourists flock to Jerusalem and Jaffa to purchase this ornate flowery pottery — made in Palestinian workshops in the West Bank
By Brett Kline
Ceramicist and 'The Hare With Amber Eyes' author Edmund de Waal (Ben McKee)
November 22, 2016, 4:01 pm
How tiny Japanese sculptures prompted a quest into Jewish roots — and Nazi looting
On emotional first visit to Israel, Edmund de Waal, heir to the mighty Ephrussi banking dynasty wiped out by Nazis, says his bestselling ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes’ is his proactive means of restitution
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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