PARIS.- Sigalit Landau’s committed and poetic approach turns personal questions, be they philosophical or political, into universal quests. To achieve this, she often combines performance, installations, objects and films. Her work crystallizes a col…
Polish Court Sentences Swede to Nearly Three Years in Prison Over Auschwitz Theft
KRAKOW (REUTERS).- A Polish court sentenced a Swedish man on Thursday to nearly three years in prison for masterminding the theft of the infamous “Arbeit macht frei” sign from the entry gate of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. The sign — an en…
Archaeologists May Have Found the Earliest Evidence Yet for the Existence of Modern Man
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans. A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Isra…
Israel Museum and Museum in San Diego Jointly Purchase Ann Lislegaard Video Installation
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) announced the joint acquisition of Ann Lislegaard’s Crystal World (after J.G. Ballard) (2006), a silent two-screen video installation from a trilogy …
Israel Museum and Museum in San Diego Jointly Purchase Ann Lislegaard Video Installation
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) announced the joint acquisition of Ann Lislegaard’s Crystal World (after J.G. Ballard) (2006), a silent two-screen video installation from a trilogy …
Report Saying Western Wall Not Holy to Jews is Cut
JERUSALEM (AP).- The Palestinian Authority has removed a report from a government website claiming that Jerusalem’s Western Wall isn’t holy to Jews, officials said Wednesday, after it provoked furious reactions from the U.S. and Israel. The essay, wri…
Braginsky Collection of Rare Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts Premieres at Israel Museum
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, will present one of the most important private collections of illuminated Hebrew manuscripts and printed books in the exhibition A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebr…
Official Palestinian Report Claims Jerusalem’s Western Wall Has No Religious Significance to Jews
JERUSALEM (AP).- An official Palestinian report claiming that a key Jewish holy site — Jerusalem’s Western Wall — has no religious significance to Jews evoked an angry response from Israelis Wednesday, threatening to further inflame tensions …
Official Palestinian Report Claims Jerusalem’s Western Wall Has No Religious Significance to Jews
JERUSALEM (AP).- An official Palestinian report claiming that a key Jewish holy site — Jerusalem’s Western Wall — has no religious significance to Jews evoked an angry response from Israelis Wednesday, threatening to further inflame tensions …
A 1,800 Year Old Bathing Pool was Discovered Beneath a Miqve by Israeli Archaeologists
JERUSALEM.- A 1,800 year old bathing pool that was probably part of a bathhouse used by the Tenth Legion – the Roman soldiers who destroyed the Temple – was exposed in excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority. The discovery sheds light on…