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Yaacov Agam's iconic fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (Michal Dahan)
December 21, 2016, 7:05 pm
Iconic Agam fountain to be moved from Dizengoff Square
As part of plan to restore Tel Aviv plaza, colorful artwork will temporarily be placed at Reading Power Station
By TOI staff
The Chabad menorah at Grand Army Plaza, whose candles reach 33 and a half feet in the air, is technically taller than its Manhattan rival. (Facebook)
December 8, 2016, 1:48 am
How a ‘largest menorah’ tiff landed 2 rabbis in court
A pair of New York Chabad rabbis have been quarreling over the size of their respective candelabras, prompting a rabbinical decision
By Ben Sales
The sculpture in Brender Park was created by contemporary artist Yaakov Agam. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 30, 2016, 9:53 am
From British battles to Bauhaus, touring a century’s stunning Tel Aviv architecture
On a walk through 100 years of development in the White City, track Allenby’s arrival in 1917, visit Hill’s Hill, and see stilts, ‘sliks,’ turrets and portholes
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
The CANDLES Holocaust museum in Terre Haute, Ind. (photo credit: CANDLES/JTA)
June 12, 2013, 9:28 pm
Holocaust memorials continue to proliferate in small towns
There are 300 Shoah study centers and museums across the US, and possibly thousands of memorials — with more on the way
By Gil Shefler
Yaacov Agam's iconic fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (Michal Dahan)
From the WebAugust 6, 2012, 2:48 am
Israeli art in Iran’s secret collection
Algemeiner: Modern art collection purchased before the Iranian Revolution by the shah’s wife features works by Warhol, Rothko and Agam
A couple teaches dancing in Dizengoff Square with the Agam fountain in the background (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 15, 2012, 12:12 pm
Agam, Agam
Tel Aviv’s famed fountain has been derided, scorned and graffitied — and now it’s being renovated
By Jessica Steinberg
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