Tower of David Museum

Spiritual guide promotes worldwide meditation event to mark 25th anniversary of September 11 attack

Michal Lichtman, a spiritual guide who works with people on developing awareness and what she describes as their “inner light,” has proposed an international meditation to be held on Friday.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
THE IDEA for this year’s global meditation grew out of an event Michal Lichtman organized in Jerusalem last year as part of her initiative, Migdalor – Growing Light.
A rare Judean Pillar Figurine mold dating to the First Temple period found in the Tower of David, July 27, 2026.

First Temple-era figurine mold unearthed in Jerusalem's 'most significant excavation' in decades

Tower of David Museum Chief Curator Eilat Lieber said that "the discovery of the first mold for producing figurines dating to the First Temple period has generated tremendous excitement."

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
In total there were 33 participants, each representing a different Jerusalem school – religious, secular, and mixed.

How well do you know Israel’s capital? Take the Jerusalem Quiz

At the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum, middle school students from 33 Jerusalem schools put their knowledge to the test this week at the Jerusalem Quiz.

|ByPENINA HOROWITZ
Archival image of Yossi and Gavri Banai during the 1980s.

Grapevine: Commemorating Jerusalem's favorite son

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

After painstaking excavation, the Tower of David pavilion opens

This is a striking new architectural concept in the city, having been excavated deep beneath the earth’s surface to adhere to height restrictions prohibiting anything taller than the Old City walls.

MARCH 3, 2024ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Adhering to strict height restrictions to maintain the Old City’s skyline, Kimmel Eshkolot Architects excavated 17 meters down to craft the new multi-level Tower of David Angelina Drahi Entrance Pavilion in an area between the outer Old City Ottoman-period wall and the inner wall.

The Old City of Jerusalem's latest architectural layer

Over the past decade, the city of Jerusalem has worked to renew the Tower of David Museum, which hosts a new entrance pavilion from Jaffa Gate, an Education Center, and later this year, a coffee shop

FEBRUARY 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Angelina Drahi Pavilion.

Meet the creative force behind Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum

At the Table: Eilat Lieber has a gentle demeanor and sweet disposition – and she’s one of Jerusalem’s best self-proclaimed ambassadors. 

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, ERICA SCHACHNE
Eilat Lieber at the Tower of David Museum.

Jerusalem highlights January 12-18

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

JANUARY 12, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
THE TOWER of David Museum: Telling 4,000 years of Jerusalem history.

Celebrating at Jerusalem's Tower of David: A bar, bar mitzvah initiative

The museum has become a meeting point for families from the North and the South who are now residing in many of Jerusalem’s hotels.

NOVEMBER 4, 2023BySUSAN KENNEDY
SPECIAL DAY: Rotem Sapir at the Tower of David

Jerusalem highlights August 18-24

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

AUGUST 18, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN
ICE SKATING

Tower of David immerses visitors in Jerusalem architecture via tech

The “Streets Games” exhibit aims to educate visitors by encouraging them to explore some of the most recognizable architecture in Jerusalem and to digitally create new buildings of their own.

AUGUST 5, 2023ByNATALIE DAVIS
A DISPLAY of some of the creations visitors have made within the exhibition.

Tower of David Museum: Reopening an apeirogon of Jerusalem

Jerusalem's Tower of David opens its doors to the public after years of renovation. What truths do its walls hold?

JUNE 16, 2023ByLIAM FORBERG
The Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem is seen on its opening night, on June 1, 2023.

Jerusalem's Tower of David: Using innovation to cover 4,000-year history

The Tower of David Museum has created an interactive experience that is a dream come true for history enthusiasts, teaching the history of Jerusalem to a new generation.

JUNE 2, 2023ByAARON REICH
THE TOWER of David Museum: Telling 4,000 years of Jerusalem history.

Grapevine: So many sites

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 25, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
UNRAVELING ENIGMAS at the Tower of David.