By Heddy Breuer Abramowitz
Having outgrown the starter apartment of its youth, the Israel Museum has re-opened after a three year makeover. The vision of Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem’s legendary mayor, it was built in 1965 before there was a collection to house. Teddy’s own “Field of Dreams” proved true, he built it and they came.
So many works of art, archaeological finds from the world over, Judaic artifacts, bequests and visitors jammed the galleries and storerooms of the museum that it simply overran itself. Continue Reading
