Thanks to DNA analysis, researchers are unlocking secrets about their genetic legacy of the ancient Levites and adding a new chapter to Jewish history!
On Sunday, Aug. 29, Sallyann Amdur Sack-Pikus, co-owner, founder and editor of AVOTAYNU, the International Review of Jewish Genealogy, will lead a webinar on "What the Genealogist Needs to Know About Jewish Family Names."
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.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem Appoints Chief Curators Of Fine Arts And Jewish Arts & Life
Tamar Manor-Friedman will join as Chief Curator of the Fine Arts Wing. Dr. Rachel Sarfati has been promoted to 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.
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Roman Triumphal Arch panel copy from Beth Hatefutsoth, showing spoils of Jerusalem Temple, including the Menorah / Derivative Work: Steerpike (talk) Arc de Triumph copy.jpg: user: בית השלום, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hanukkah is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the Jewish calendar. Commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple after the Maccabean Revolt threw off the yoke of the Seleucid Empire, it is a relatively late festival with origins from Classical Antiquity rather than the Five Books of Moses. Still, this festivity of freedom, extraordinarily long-lasting oil, and obligatory dreidel games has its basis around objects and activities that had