Tower of David Museum

Hasmonean era 'first wall' section revealed at Tower of David museum excavation - interview

Israel’s Heritage Minister, Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, called the discovery: “tangible and moving evidence of Jerusalem’s might and stature during the Hasmonean period.”

|ByMARION FISCHEL
Archaeologist Amit Re'em and Eilat Lieber, director of the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum stand atop the recently uncovered section of the Hasmonean wall.
Ivory from Megiddo

Jerusalem highlights: October 3-9

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, visit the scene where an Iranian missile landed in Beersheba.

Grapevine: Herzog's rabbinic DNA

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
MENAHEM GOLAN started filming a new musical with Gaon, ‘Kazablan,’ 1973.

Israel's living soundtrack: The Tower of David's exhibit on Yehoram Gaon

A living soundtrack of Israeli culture that offers a profound journey through 70 years of Israeli music, cinema, and the enduring spirit of Jerusalem.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES, SIMON KEJZMAN

Tower of David Museum to hold four-day digital art festival

Hands up, anyone who knows what NFT stands for. How about DAO? Or what is a metaverse? How about blockchain?

DECEMBER 20, 2021ByBARRY DAVIS
DIGITAL SHAMANISM by Amit Zoran

Turkish and Israeli jewelry designers collaborate to create joint contemporary exhibition

Between a Break and a Breakdown: Jewelry as a Mirror of Our Times, a joint Israeli-Turkish exhibition being held as part of the 5th Jerusalem Biennale, opened Wednesday night.

NOVEMBER 20, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
DIRECTOR AND chief curator at the Tower of David Museum Eilat Lieber, exhibit curator Ariel Lavian (center) and Rami Ozeri, founder and creative director of the Jerusalem Biennale at the Tower of David Museum.

Tower of David: Exposing the Citadel’s secrets

Imagine a few centuries ago, an Ottoman soldier as he walks along Jerusalem’s city wall. Perhaps it was a long and windy winter night, perhaps a summer day, right after dawn.

NOVEMBER 5, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
UNRAVELING ENIGMAS at the Tower of David.

Cornerstone laid in Jerusalem. Find out where

The Patrick and Lina Drahi Entrance Pavilion will open to visitors in 2022 and will be constructed of steel, stone and glass.

NOVEMBER 2, 2021ByMICHAL GALANTI
Danny Mamiran, Eilat Lieber, Angelina Drahi and Patrick Drahi

Jerusalem's archaeological secrets explored in Tower of David pavilion

The construction works to build the new structure by the Jaffa Gate have opened rare archaeological opportunities.

OCTOBER 31, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
THE TOWER of David Museum

Jerusalem highlights: September 24-30

What's new in Israel's capital in the upcoming week.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021ByHAGAY HACOHEN
TOWERS IN the Air at the Tower of David Museum.

Coin from 2nd Temple Mount era found during Tower of David conservation

Tyrian shekels are often mentioned in historical accounts from the Second Temple Period, but a very few have actually been found.

MARCH 29, 2021ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
The Tyre coin recently discovered at the Tower of David Museum.

This week in Jerusalem: Spread of the red

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020ByPEGGY CIDOR
Work being done to renew the Tower of David.

Iconic Tower of David to display new finds in major $40 million renewal

Jerusalem Mayor: Tower of David links Old City of Jerusalem to new city; and its renovation benefits the entire urban landscape

OCTOBER 26, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Work at the Tower of David on October 26, 2020.

My Word: Culture, corona and the Banai clan

Two years in the making, the exhibition couldn’t have come at a better – or stranger – time.

JUNE 25, 2020ByLIAT COLLINS
Retired judge Yitzhak Banai and his wife, Simcha, their son Eviatar Banai, music historian Yoav Kutner, exhibition curator Tal Kobo, Gavri Banai, and Eilat Lieber, museum director, pose for a photo at the Tower of David Museum.