Artifacts
Real-life Indiana Jones: British Museum to hire ‘treasure hunter’ to find stolen artifacts - report
Since the original 2023 announcement of the theft, the museum has recovered 654 of these, the most significant of which was 268 gems returned all at once by the United States.
‘Secrets of ancient Egypt’: Old Kingdom tombs, artifacts discovered on Nile's west bank
University of Haifa student discovers 12th century Crusader sword off of Israel’s northern coast
Suspect charged for stealing Egyptian artifacts from Australia museum, citing church ties - report
The new Judaizers
How American Pentecostals are adopting Jewish trappings in their theology, practices and politics.
US, Libya to sign deal possibly legitimizing Jewish property confiscation
The emergency restrictions from December list many general categories of artifacts, and specifically mention “scroll and manuscript containers for Islamic, Jewish, or Christian manuscripts.”
In decades-old letter, Albert Einstein thanks Chicago man for saving Jews
The owner will donate the letter to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Menorah that belonged to Auschwitz victims returns to grandson
An empty house in Osnabruck led German reporters to relatives of its past owners.
Above the fold: Archeology in Israel is more than a dig
Archeology has become another proof that Jews belonged in the area now called the Jewish state.
Over $1m of art seized from home of prominent New York philanthropist
The art, worth a total of more than $1 million, is believed by prosecutors to have been looted from Greece and Italy.
The light within the dark
Ahead of Hanukka, Yad Vashem has created an online exhibition of ‘silent witnesses.’
Senate Minority Leader: Don’t return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq
"Since the exile of Jews from Iraq virtually no Jewish life remains in the country – this treasured collection belongs to the Jewish community and should be made available to them.”
Einstein letter musing about relationship with God to be auctioned
The two-page letter, dated April 15, 1950, and postmarked from Princeton, is addressed to Einstein’s best friend Michele Besso.
Hitler busts, Nazi-era paintings found in Austrian Parliament building
A box in the basement revealed the historic surprise.
