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…
Architect Richard Meier: "It’s Easier to Buy an Apartment in Brooklyn than in Tel Aviv"
TEL AVIV (PR WEB).- Jewish-American architect, Richard Meier arrived today for a visit to Israel in order to promote “Meier on Rothschild,” a residential project that he designed. The new building is at the junction of Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby …
Architect Richard Meier: "It’s Easier to Buy an Apartment in Brooklyn than in Tel Aviv"
TEL AVIV (PR WEB).- Jewish-American architect, Richard Meier arrived today for a visit to Israel in order to promote “Meier on Rothschild,” a residential project that he designed. The new building is at the junction of Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby …
Bortolami Presents Its Second Solo Exhibition of Work by Israel-Born Artist Avner Ben-Gal
NEW YORK, NY.- Bortolami presents its second solo exhibition of Avner Ben-Gal. Smackville draws from abstract and visual representations of the effects of opiate drugs: withdrawal, craving and usage. The show seeks to describe the moment of the chemica…
Google Partners with Israel Antiquities Authority to Bring Dead Sea Scrolls Online
JERUSALEM.- As part of the celebrations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the Israel Antiquities Authority is launching a unique project – The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library – to document the entire col…
Exhibition in Hamburg Presents Numerous Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Marc Chagall
HAMBURG.- In the fall of 2010, the Bucerius Kunst Forum is showing around 150 works by Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985). Entitled Marc Chagall. Lifelines, the exhibition presents numerous paintings, drawings and prints by Chagall from the collection of …
Archaeologists In Israel Find Theater Box at Herod’s Palace
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists have excavated a lavish, private theater box in a 400-seat facility at King Herod’s winter palace in the Judean desert, the team’s head said Tuesday. Ehud Netzer of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University said the room pro…
Israel Museum Awards Michal Heiman First Shpilman International Prize
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, has selected artist Michal Heiman to receive the first Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography. Created in partnership with the Israel Museum, the new biannual prize aims to catalyze and supp…
Yad Vashem Gets Access to Polish Archives
WARSAW (AP).- Israel’s Holocaust museum Yad Vashem signed an agreement with Poland on Monday that gives it access to World War II-era documents held in archives across the eastern European country. The material, held in 34 state-run and provincial arc…
Israel Researchers Find Thousands of Ancient Disposable Cutlery
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world’s oldest known disposable knives. Dating to the Stone Age, the tiny knives are believed to…