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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


'Objects', an exhibit highlighting Kristallnacht, appears in Israeli museum

Suly translates the historical and socio-cultural origins of the raw materials, dismantles, examines, reassembles and transforms them into unique art creations in a style known as "ready-made."

 Art Exhibit: 'Objects' by Suly Bornstein Wolff appears in Israeli museum

Jerusalem highlights: Week of August 13-19

Don't know what to do in Jerusalem the coming week? Here's a list of suggestions to enrich your summer.

 Tristram's starling in Masada. Why not take a detective course at the Nili and David Jerusalem Bird Observatory and find such pretty birds yourself?

Israel Museum debuts 'Divine Food' exhibition

“It is about how people exploit the symbols in which we believe, in order to generate personal wealth or, maybe, they really do believe in the symbol.”

 CURATOR YVONNE FLEITMAN wanted to convey the scale and beauty of a Mayan temple.

Meet the young Jewish artist using AI to interpret the Western Wall

Using a program called StyleGan2, Temkin trained a data set of images of the Western Wall that are all similar and with the computer program created images that are completely new. 

 VIDEO STILLS of the Western Wall created by AI.

Israel Museum to host new ‘modern masterpieces’ exhibit

The exhibit, "Picasso to Kentridge: Modern Masterpieces on Paper," is being sponsored by the Genesis Philanthropy Group (GPG).

Egon Schiele, Austrian, 1890–1918. Cowering Boy (Paul Erdmann?), 1915. Tempera and graphite on paper Photo ©️ The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Elie Posner.

Divine edibles, rare drawings, magical music: All at the Israel Museum

There is too much going on there to cover everything in a single article, but here are a few highlights and you can check the website for a complete listing of all that is available this summer.

THE KANDINSKY painting ‘Noisy Surroundings.’

Grapevine May 30, 2021: Seeking director

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

THE ISRAEL MUSEUM – to reopen.

Another director steps down from Israel Museum

Prof. Ido Bruno helped the museum navigate the impact of the pandemic while maintaining its staff and balancing its budget during a long and difficult year.

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Rediscovering the woman who took a leap of faith

The forgotten story of gallerist Bertha Urdang, who catapulted Israeli artists to fame in the US and cultivated a generation of creators, is finally told in the exhibition ‘A Gallery of Her Own’.

THE PAINTING ‘Bird’ by Raffi Lavie.

The Israel Museum returns to routine with ‘The Bureaucrat’ exhibit

First live exhibit opening in a year enhanced by David Grossman’s thoughts on Matan Ben Cnaan’s painting.

MATAN BEN CNAAN (center) points out similarities in his painting to a Holocaust photograph, as curator Amitai Mendelsohn (left) and David Grossman look on.