Acre and Lod – a Story of Neglect and Discriminatory Conservation
While fear and violence dominate the streets in mixed cities, the construction of the Mosaic Museum in Lod is nearing completion. The museum will be situated on the site of...
A Vanishing Heritage
Introduction How do places evolve into heritage sites? The process of selecting a site for the World Heritage List or for a local heritage list in a given country entails...
Selective Conservation: Policy and Funding for Minority Heritage Sites in Israel
Introduction This report examines the difference in conservation approaches for heritage sites identified with Jewish heritage as opposed to conservation of heritage sites identified with minority cultures in Israel. The...
Conservation in Israel, Content and Practice
October 2018 Noah Hysler Rubin Abstract To date, Israel’s conservation policy has been grounded in Ottoman and British sources – the original basis for legislating the conservation of local, physical...
Press Release: The educational project “Discovering Jewish History” is harmful to archaeology and to education about Israel
Emek Shaveh: What if a coin with a Byzantine cross or a metal tool with Arabic inscription from the Muslim period were discovered? December 23, 2015 Education Minister Naftali Bennett...