Milk production and the man who brings milk forth from the cow are celebrated in this comedy short from 1958.
Author Archives: Rachel Neiman
Celebrating Jerusalem with Noam Chen
A super-saturated look at Jerusalem by photographer Noam Chen who’s offering Facebook followers the chance to win a photo from his Holy Land of Israel portfolio.
From Doll Factory to High Rise
What’s the connection between a rubber duckie and the tallest building in the Middle East? A new exhibition presents dolls from the 50s and 60s made by a pioneering factory in the spirit of the new State of Israel.
Dana Arieli – Reexamining Givat Ram
Photographer Dana Arieli knows the Givat Ram campus well, having studied and worked there for over 20 years. Between 2010 and 2013, however, Arieli decided to look at Givat Ram through a different lens – that of her camera.
Fighting Fire – The first volunteer fire brigade
Lag Ba Omer presents an excellent opportunity to review the lamentable history of firefighting in Israel’s early days. In a nutshell: things have only improved.
Bareket: Observing Israel’s night skies
A new exhibition at the Man & The Living World Museum, “The sky’s the limit”, presents images of the skies taken from Israel’s Bareket Observatory.
Fashioning Israel
A new fashion exhibit at the Rishon LeZion Museum presents fashion from Israel’s oldest colony and fashion inspired by the early pioneers.
Modern Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv is famous for its International Style architecture, so much so that in 2003, UNSECO named it to its World Heritage List. At that time, UNESCO called “The White City”, “an outstanding example in a large scale of the innovative town-planning ideas of the first part of the 20th century… [and] also an outstanding example of the implementation of these trends taking into account local cultural traditions and climatic conditions.”
Not the 9 o’clock news
Ladies and gentlemen, history was made on the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) nightly newscast at 8 minutes to 8 this evening when the Israel Broadcasting Authority announced that the Israel Broadcasting Authority nightly newscast would be broadcast at 8 minutes …
Ein Gedi Botanical Garden
The biblical city of Ein Ged was a desert oasis, known for its date palms, vines and perfumed balsam. Modern-day Kibbutz Ein Gedi, located a kilometer down from the springs, is no less of an oasis, known for its desert agriculture, hotel/guest house and a prize-winning Botanical Garden.