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A voice of praise: Why this Haggadah puts Miriam at the center of the Exodus

An exploration of the unique visual depiction of Miriam’s song in the medieval ‘Haggadah’ from The Israel Museum, Jerusalem’s collection.

THE YAHUDA HAGGADAH, Southern Western Germany, ca. 1470-80, handwritten on parchment; brown ink, and gold and silver leaf
Kol HaOt Passover Festival.

The Passover playbook: Jerusalem activities the whole family can rally around during war

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Historic collections relocated as Israel Museum closes during war with Iran

A New Map of the Promised Holy Land,’ by Dutch father and son Justus Danckert the Elder and Cornelis Danck erts the Younger, dating to around 1700, has our coastline running west to east.

Ancient maps, scorched books, and survival art: Inside Israel Museum’s winter exhibitions


3,400-year-old Egyptian artifact uncovered in Israel on display in Jerusalem

The artifact was spotted by chance by an Israeli veterinarian swimming off the shores of Atlit, south of Haifa.

3,400-year-old Egyptian anchor uncovered in Israel on display at the Israel Museum.

Grapevine: Human mosaic

IN THE days when he was director of the Israel Museum, one of the people with whom James Snyder worked closely was Dan Meridor, who at the time was chairman of the museum’s board.

ROCKEFELLER MUSEUM, east Jerusalem

New exhibition reveals the secrets of the Israeli ‘Mayflower’

On December 19th, 1919, Ruslan, carrying 600 travelers from Odessa, docked at the port of Jaffa. It has been dubbed “the Israeli Mayflower,” because many of its passengers entered Israel's pantheon.

THE ‘RUSLAN’ anchors at the port of Istanbul on its way from Odessa to Israel in 1919.

Jerusalem Jazz Festival : Musical museum muses

The current moniker stems from the fact that the ensemble is based in the province of Bohuslän. “When that happened, we basically became a jazz orchestra.”

Musical museum muses

Jerusalem and all that jazz...festival

Back on the home front, drummer Amir Bressler will lead the Liquid Saloon quintet, taking in African rhythms, spacey beats and psychedelic jazz.

A musician plays a trombone during the first day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana April 25, 2014.

Grapevine: Civic city‏

“Teddy’s concept is more important today than ever,” Snyder said, as spoke of plans for the cultural, social and economic integration of the various components of the city’s demographic mosaic.

James Snyder 311

Israel Museum director hosts tribute to Nechama Rivlin

Last Thursday evening, the Springer Auditorium at the Israel Museum was filled to capacity with members of the Rivlin family and their friends.

Nechama Rivlin looking through a graphic novel based on The Diary of Anne Frank.

What's the connection between Ilan Ramon's diary, Dead Sea Scrolls?

The Israel Museum’s new exhibit connects the unlikely story of the biblical character Enoch and Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon.

Michael Maggen separating the pages in the Israel Museum laboratory

Museums in Israel free on Lag Ba'omer

Many museums throughout the Jewish state will be free on the holiday of Lag Ba'omer.

Robert Indiana's Love sculpture at the entrance of the Israel Museum

Antique Passover seder plate returned to Israel Museum after 50 years

No one knows how the holiday artifact ended up at the Ben Zvi Institute, but a sharp-eyed Israel Museum employee noticed the seder plate during a workshop.

Passover seder plate (illustrative)