One of many digital displays
Jewish books and artifacts
I have lived in Israel long enough to remember the1978 openi...
Character and attitude on three wheels
Motoring history in a can
In the late 1950's when I was a child in Caerphilly, South W...
Detail of “Three Angels
on the Balcony in Jaffa”
— Oil on Canvas, 1996
The artist
in his studio
Sharir with “Little Paradise in the
Red Sea” — Oil with Gold Leaf
Photos: Liora Blum The Dual Disciplines of David Shari...
A British sextant used for navigation Credit:Eyal Amir/MadaTech)
Early telescopes in a display cabinet in the View of Science room (Credit: Eyal Amir/
MadaTech)
Swedish donor Harry Pommert (left) and his wife Eva with MadaTech officials at the opening ceremony in 2013 (Credit: Eyal Amir/MadaTech)
A remarkable collection of scientific antique instruments at...
What a beast . . . the Bucyrus TD9 Tractor-Bulldozer
Some folks collect coins, stamps, matchboxes, postcard...
The cover of ‘The Tractor in the Sandbox’ by Meir Shalev which has illlustrations by Yossi Abulafia
Tractors have always been a symbol of the return of th...
The memorial to
Hannah Senesh
at Sdot Yam
Hannah Senesh
. . . executed by
the Gestapo
Sculpture on a wall in Sdot Yam
Kibbutz Sdot Yam is packed with physical beauty, incredible ...
The Imperial War Museum, London, where Graham Zeitlin tells visitors about his experiences (Photo: Flickr)
Graham Zeitlin who grew up in Birmingham in World War II
Graham Zeitlin pictured today at the Imperial War Museum (Photo Lydia Aisenberg)
The book Graham wrote about his experiences working on the railways
By man who was at school when bombs rained down T...
The Museum wing named after Sammy Ofer (Photo: Lydia Aisenberg )
The bust of Israeli shipping magnate Sammy Ofer in the National Maritime Museum, London (Photo: Flickr)
During a recent sojourn to London, I included a visit to Gre...
Dislocated Landscape by Anne Sassoon
Shy Abady’s The Syrian Bride (Mother) 2016
Great Fear 2019 by Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik
Photos: Yithak Mizrahi The 4thJerusalem Biennale for Contemp...
At the Agam Museum of Art in Rishon LeZion (from left) Betsy Bogdansky, Harriet Miller, David Schwartz, Gila Schwartz,
Susan Lurie, Dr. Avital Heyman, Joe Simon, Anita Nader, Chava Sprecher, Thelma Arvatz and Paula Simon
ESRA Rehovot club recently visited the Yaacov Agam Museum of...
Helen Osimo . . .
textiles are in her DNA
A professional linguist, who is also a busy ESRA volunteer, ...
The artist Joseph Bau (Photo: Wikipedia)
There are many unknown corners of interest in Israel. There ...
Replica
of the shoe
shop where
Moshe Samter’s
father worked
until 1935
Edna Yahav, one of
Moshe’s daughters
who shows
visitors round
A visitor looking at one of the miniature displays
in the museum at Yokneam Illit
At the age of 95
Moshe Samter
is still busy at
work making
his miniatures
Photos by Lydia Aisenberg One would hardly expect to fi...
Master potter Avraham Peled instructing a
student in one of his wheel-throwing courses
Master class: Mario Rochine teaches the ceramic technique of mocha diffusion
Currently there is an Arts and Crafts movement sweeping the ...
Crocus cup and saucer by Clarice Cliff
Celadon and tenmoku bud vases by
Chris Keenan (Photo: Michael Harvey)
Chris Keenan (Photo: Sophie Massarella)
Chris Keenan’s ‘Abode of Stones’ iii comprising 21 pots and oval leather base (Photo: Michael Harvey)
I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with pots. I...
