The work of Israeli photographer Gilad Ophir has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Israel, the United States, and Europe. He has received the Israel Ministry of Science and Culture Award (2002). His photographs are found in the Tate Modern, the Israel Museum, and the Jewish Museum.
The only garden left in our walled-up town was the old cemetery, whose earliest graves dated back to the thirteenth century. It was densely overgrown. Picking one’s way to its remoter corners meant…
Silver signet ring with image of galloping griffin, a hybrid creature that consists of feline body and legs, avian head and wings, and serpentine tail. Found in a burial cave in the Ketef Hinnom…