Travellers at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
Israel and Bahrain on Thursday reached a trailblazing agreement to mutually recognize each other’s vaccinations and the so-called Green Pass given to those fully inoculated or recovered, following the successful immunization drives in both nations.
The deal was negotiated between Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif al-Zayani during talks in recent weeks.
Vaccinated individuals from both nations will be exempt from quarantine upon arrival to either country and will be able to enter areas that require a Green Pass.
“The unprecedented deal between Israel and Bahrain demonstrates the historical change that has occurred in the Middle East in recent months,” Ashkenazi said, predicting that “in the coming days” Israel will reach similar agreements with additional countries.
In Tel Aviv, amazing Brutalist architecture hides in plain sight
In Tel Aviv, amazing Brutalist architecture hides in plain sight
Even though it’s a style many people love to hate, Brutalism stands at the core of many landmarks in the local landscape.
April 21, 2021, 9:00 am
People reflected in a water fountain in front of the concert hall Charles Bronfman Auditorium, at Habima square in Tel Aviv. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90
Chances are you already know that Tel Aviv is the Bauhaus capital of the world.
But Israel’s city of seaside fun is not all about curvy balconies and stark white corners. In fact, it’s also full of big, gray buildings built in a style called Brutalism that resonates with local history and ethos.
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Can a magnificent art museum help save the dying Dead Sea?
Dead Sea Revival Project runs photo contest as part of its drive to build a museum in Arad aimed at sparking action for a sea in danger of extinction.
When 1,200 Israelis posed nude at the Dead Sea for American art photographer Spencer Tunick in 2011, project initiator Ari Leon Fruchter hoped the eye-popping images would start a wave of activism to save the unique saltwater lake from environmental extinction.
An image from “Naked Sea” by Spencer Tunick, 2011.
But although “Naked Sea” was viewed by half a billion people, a few years later the situation had only worsened. In fact, the spot where the photographs were taken had collapsed into a giant sinkhole.
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Israel Museum, Jerusalem Appoints Chief Curators Of Fine Arts and Jewish Arts & Life
Tamar Manor-Friedman is Chief Curator of the Fine Arts Wing and Dr. Rachel Sarfati is Chief Curator of the Wing for Jewish Art and Life.by BWW News Desk
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem has announced the appointment of Tamar Manor-Friedman, a prominent scholar in the fields of modern art, Israeli art, and Jewish history, to Chief Curator of the Fine Arts Wing and the promotion of Dr. Rachel Sarfati, the current Senior Curator in the Wing for Jewish Art and Life, to Chief Curator of the Wing for Jewish Art and Life. Sarfati replaces Daisy Raccah-Djivre, who is retiring after 40 years of service at the Museum, and Manor-Friedman replaces Dr. Silvia Rozenberg, who acted as Chief Curator of Fine Arts in the past year. They will both assume their roles on May 1, 2021.