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"Primary sources: Activating the archives of Israeli Arts" is a museum event that will take place at the Genia Schreiber University Gallery.

From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel

HBO’s Pioneering ‘In Treatment’ Is Back for Another Therapy Session More than a decade after the drama first engrossed viewers with its groundbreaking format, ‘In Treatment’ returns for a fourth season, with Uzo Aduba as the lead therapist. “We just wanted to show that these people are not superheroes,” co-showrunner Jennifer Schuur says. Share this story The fourth season of In Treatment looks different. It’s not just a matter of who sits in the therapist’s chair, though the...

Follow Mar. 14, 2021 After a decade-long revamp, Beth Hatfutsot Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, a mainstay of the Tel Aviv University campus, has reopened as ANU – Museum of the Jewish People. (Anu means “us” in Hebrew.) The only thing missing was a dedication, another casualty of the coronavirus crisis. The museum contains an extensive exhibition on Jewish history and communities – from Iceland to the Philippines – not to mention the luminaries. It also displays works by Jewish artist...

Ruth Dayan, Who Built an Israeli Fashion Brand, Dies at 103 Fusing social activism with style, she helped Jewish immigrants and local Arabs sell traditional crafts, leading to the formation of a fashion house. Ruth Dayan in 1970. A friend called her “the beating heart of Israeli fashion.”Credit...Associated Press Published Feb. 15, 2021Updated Feb. 22, 2021 Ruth Dayan, the founder of Maskit, a fashion house that expressed her social justice ideals by employing the artisanal traditions of Je...

  JERUSALEM -- Ruth Dayan, the Israeli fashion designer and peace activist who was married to one of the countrys most revered generals, has died at the age of 103, Israeli media reported Friday. Dayan founded the Maskit fashion house in 1954, whose designs were inspired by the cultural heritage of Jewish immigrants as well as Israels Arab community. She was also an active proponent of peace with the Palestinians and supported charitable causes. The company employed new immigrants and even...

Photo Credit: Tomer Neuberg / FLASH90 Ruth Dayan at the memorial for her son, Director Assi Dayan, May 5, 2015. Ruth Dayan at the memorial for her son, Director Assi Dayan, May 5, 2015. Social activist Ruth Dayan passed away early Friday morning at the age of 103. She was the first wife of Chief of Staff and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and founder of the fashion and textile company Maskit and the charity Variety Israel. Ruth Schwartz was born in Haifa in 1917, the daughter of Jewish newcomers...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Ruth Dayan, Israeli fashion designer, dies at 103 Ruth Dayan, the Israeli fashion designer and peace activist who was married to one of the country’s most revered generals, has died at the age of 103 ByThe Associated Press • 2 min read The Associated Press FILE - In this Jan. 13, 1958 file photo, Ruth Dayan stands with her husband, General Moshe Dayan, chief of staff of the Israeli Army, at London Airpo...

Follow Updated: Feb. 6, 2021 Ruth Dayan, a social and peace activist died on Friday at age 103, a month before of her 104th birthday. Dayan was the first wife of former IDF chief of staff and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and the mother of filmmaker Assaf (Assi) Dayan, former Knesset member and deputy mayor of Tel Aviv Yael Dayan and sculptor Ehud (Udi) Dayan. She will be buried on Sunday in the cemetery of Moshav Nahalal, where she, in her own words, spent the happiest years of her life. The f...

835 shares File: General Moshe Dayan, chief of staff of the Israeli Army, is pictured with his wife, Ruth in London, Jan. 13, 1958 (AP Photo) Ruth Dayan, a social activist and peace proponent and the first wife of famed Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan, died Thursday night at the age of 103. Dayan was the mother of late Israeli actor and director Assi Dayan, late sculptor Udi Dayan and publicist and author Yael Dayan. She was born in 1917 in Haifa and spent many years in the agricultu...