Opening of the Exhibition: Capturing History: The Photography of Chim

-Exhibition was closed on July 1, 2018- It was a great delight to hold the opening gala of the exhibition “Capturing History – the Photography of Chim” at Beit Hatfutsot (March 28 2017), with over 200 attendees, guests, curators, friends, family and photography enthusiasts, speeches, music – and the wonderful art of Chim Z”L, […]
Inside Out and Outside In: Jewish Humor and the Jewish People

By: Rachel Druck Shimi bar Chiyya said to Rav: “As they say, camels in Medea dance on a kav; here is a kav and here are camels and here is Medea, and they are not dancing!” While this may have had the other rabbis rolling on the floor with laughter, suffice it to say that […]
Five Jewish Comedians

5 Jewish Comedians in America READ ALSO: Inside Out and Outside In: Jewish Humor and the Jewish People, by Rachel Druck “What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul” goes an old saying- and the proud tradition of Jewish comedy in Europe continued full force in America. Here are five Jewish comedians […]
6 Things you didn’t know about Albert Einstein

6 Things you didn’t know about Albert Einstein It’s the 138th birthday of the world’s most iconic scientific genius. Here are 6 facts about the extraordinary man that reshaped science. Einstein is also one of the most popular figures in our “Heroes” exhibition for children and families. Einstein and the violin Einstein’s mother, Pauline, […]
The Jewish Gangster in the “Golden Land”
Meyer Lansky – The Jewish Gangster in the “Golden Land” This is the story of a Jewish boy, Meyer Lansky, who emigrated from a small town in Poland, reinvented himself in New York’s Lower East Side, founded the National Crime Syndicate, broke some Nazi bones and aided his Jewish brothers and sisters in forging a […]
6 Jewish women who won the Nobel Prize

6 Jewish women who won the Nobel Prize It’s international Women’s month and let us mark it with six Jewish women who won the Nobel Prize. A true inspiration to every girl – and every parent. Beit Hatfutsot Nobel Price Website photo: German Fuentes pavez Ada Yonath Ada E. Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer best known […]
EL LIBRO JUDÍO: “EL MISTERIO DEL KADISH” Y “EL ENFRENTAMIENTO ENTRE LAS DOS VERSIONES DEL TALMUD”

El viernes 30 de diciembre de 2016, el Beit Hatfutsot organizó un panel de estudiosos sobre el tema titulado: “La Estantería Judía – El Misterio del Kadish y el Enfrentamiento Entre las Dos Versiones del Talmud”. Los libros fueron escritos por León H. Charney, z”l, y Saúl Mayzlish. El evento fue auspiciado por Tzili Charney, […]
El Museo del Pueblo Judío Recibió 10 Millones de Dólares de la Fundación Koret

El Museo del Pueblo Judío en el Beit Hatfutsot, en Tel Aviv, anunció la recepción de una contribución en el valor de 10 millones de dólares por parte de la Fundación Koret, con asiento en San Francisco. La contribución está destinada a la instauración de una Escuela Internacional para Estudios Judíos. Basándose en el trabajo […]
Dos Tzión: El Legado Viviente de la Reina de Sabá y el Rey Salomón

Beit Hatfutsot organizó una velada especial con motivo de la proyección del documental “Dos Tzión: El Legado Viviente de la Reina de Sabá y el Rey Salomón”. El documental, producido y dirigido por Cheryl Halpern, se centra en Tzión de Jerusalén y Tzión de Axum, Etiopía. Se refiere a la relación entre el Rey Salomón […]