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Yad Vashem chooses Germany for first overseas education centers
“Working together with our German partners, this center will help ensure that the truth of the Holocaust is preserved and passed on to future generations,” said Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan.
British Museum delays Jewish Culture Month event after learning of planned protest
18th-century prayer book of Luria’s teachings to go on display at ANU ahead of Lag Ba’omer
Bank Hapoalim to open 54 Israeli museums, heritage sites with free admission over May weekends
Museum for Islamic Art spreads the loving feel-good vibe in new exhibit
Love Stories offers more than just a breather from the security and human challenges, sorrow, and tension that have been our lot for far too long.
Theft of 3,000-year-old gold bracelet theft sparks outrage in Egypt
The bracelet was sold for around $4,000 before being melted down.
A football-sized gold nugget stolen from one of France's most famous museums
On Sept 16 cleaning staff found the geology and mineralogy gallery breached. It is now closed. Investigators say the gang used angle grinders and a blowtorch to cut through armored glass.
Egypt sounds alarm after 3,000-year-old Amenemope bracelet reported missing
The incident comes weeks before the November 1 opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which will display the complete treasures of Tutankhamun for the first time.
Researchers formally describe a marsupial likely gone before we knew it
A researcher said: “We’ve named a new fossil species and two new woylie subspecies, but sadly many were already extinct before we even knew they existed.”
Oseberg leads the way: Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum begins final move of a 1,200-year-old fleet
The Gokstad ship will follow in autumn, while Tune, the most deteriorated of the ships, is set for summer 2026.
Ancient timepiece on a column for 2,000+ years finally gets the attention it deserves
'Threats from an antisemitic mob' postpones English museum's Jewish exhibit
The Russell-Cotes museum postponed an exhibit celebrating the history of the town of Bournemouth's Jewish community.
Three artists, three questions: Is the body limitation or freedom?
In the artworks of the three artists I selected for this month’s column, the body plays diverse direct and indirect but important roles.
Europe just got its first look at the world’s oldest human ancestor
The legendary Lucy and Selam fossils are stunning crowds in Prague for only 60 days.
