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Shooting Targets, five photographs by Ophir that appear in the Necropolis Series, a joint work with Roi Kuper, depict Mercedes jeeps captured by the Israeli army during the Six Day War and Yom Kippur…
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Gilad Ophir
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1997
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Sheep and rams frequently appear in the sculptures of Kadishman, a legacy of time spent as a shepherd in his youth. Sacrifice of Isaac is a reimagining of the biblical story of the Akedah, in which…
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Menashe Kadishman
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1985
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Ninio’s art focuses on putting everyday objects into new contexts, which change their original functions, posing questions about the nature of their reality, by opening them up to new relationships…
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Moshe Ninio
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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1987
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This surprising 1942 Hebrew-language poster from Palestine calls for women to serve in an all-female unit within Britain’s Royal Air Force. This recruitment office was not open on Saturdays!
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1938–1948
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After the Yom Kippur War (1973), it became increasingly common for Israeli artists to address political issues and criticize Israeli society. In 1974, Na’aman placed two signs on the Tel Aviv beach…
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Michal Na’aman
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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1974
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The Hall of Remembrance is the main site for memorial ceremonies in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. Built of basalt and concrete, it offers a somber contrast with the many buildings in Israel that are made of…
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Aryeh Elhanani
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1961
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Tel Dan Stela
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Dan, Land of Israel (Tel Dan, Israel)
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Late 9th Century BCE
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Grids and parallel lines are dominant features in Kupferman’s paintings and drawings. They provided a structure to which he added layers of paint or graphite and then repeatedly removed and reapplied…
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Moshe Kupferman
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Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, Israel
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1978
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Perhaps the most iconic photograph of the Six Day War is this one, of three Israeli paratroopers at the Western Wall shortly after its capture by the Israeli army on the third day of the war. A few…
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David Rubinger
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1967
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Many of Robert Capa’s war photographs are of solitary soldiers or small groups of fighters (such as this one, of Israeli troops during Israel’s War of Independence) rather than scenes of heroism on…
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Robert Capa
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1948