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Sunday, March 31: Boris Maftsir’s film “The road to Babi Yar” was screened in the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. This is the latest film in Maftsir’s documentary serial project. Before the screening, Ms. Liora Shani, Director of Conventions & Events Center, greeted the visitors, and then historian Prof. Havi Dreifuss from the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations, lectured on the Holocaust of the Jews in Soviet Russia. After the film screening, a moving discussion between the audience and the director was held. Watch Prof. Havi Drefuss’ lecture:

I.D.F. Chief of the General Staff, lieutenant general Aviv Kochavi and members of the General Staff Forum, found the time yesterday to leave their uniform at home for a few hours and enjoyed an amusing evening at Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv. They were guided by Itamar Kremer, director of the Koret International School for Jewish Peoplehood, in the exhibition: Let There Be Laughter – Jewish Humor Around the World, celebrating Jewish laughter since old times until our days, with the Marx Brothers, Jerry Seinfeld, Lenny Bruce, Shaike Ofir, Sarah Silverman, Orna Banai, and so many others. The exhibition includes[�]

We were delighted to have the management of Maccabi, towards a cooperation between the Maccabi movement and Beit Hatfutsot, in which groups from South American, the United States and Europe are planned to visit Beit Hatfutsot. Among the distinguished guests were Eyal Tiberger, CEO Maccabi Israel, and Carlo Tapiero, deputy director-general of education. The cooperation will also include the 2021 Maccabia events. (photos: Itzick Biran)

A Tisch Dialogue evening was held at the home of Claudia De Benedetti, the Italian representative on our International Executive Board of Governors. The guest list comprised Museum Directors, opinion makers and prominent members of the Jewish community.  The evening was chaired by Elena Loewenthal who is a well-known and highly respected figure both in Israel and Italy.  The dialogue was preceded by a cocktail reception and over dinner the hostess welcomed all the participants to her home.  She was followed by Enia Zeevi Kupfer, Director of the European Desk in our Department of External Relations who presented the Andrew[�]

‘’Mother, tell me one more time/ how did we end up here Tell me of the journey in the desert/ how we left in darkest night’’ The 3rd Annual Yerusalem conference, held at Tel Aviv Cinematheque, was dedicated to Israeli Ethiopian women. Previous conferences honoured Ferede Aklum Z’’L and Baruch Tegene Z’’L whose persistence helped Ethiopian Jewry’s journey to Israel. This year the women were celebrated and acknowledged. Herut Tekele and Asrasi Getu risked their lives back in Ethiopia to help the Jewish community. Their stories were not known, despite their great sacrifice and perseverance. In addition, the Forum chose[�]

We were delighted to host a festive cocktail party in honor of Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria, who came with his wife, the Austrian minister for digital and economic issues; Martha Schultz, vice president of the Austrian chamber of commerce; Martin Weiss, ambassador of Austria in Israel, Talya Ledor Presher; and 200 Austrian and Israeli businesspersons. This visit expresses the long ongoing cooperation between Austria and Israel, that included a gift from the Austrian government – a model of the “Turnertemple” in Vienna, that was destroyed on Kristallnacht. The model will be displayed in the new core exhibition,[�]

The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot hosted a magnificent celebration of Jewish humor radiating with the rich content of “Let There Be Laughter: Jewish Humor Around the World,” the blockbuster exhibition currently on display at the Museum. It was a unique event demonstrating the brand values of a renewed Beit Hatfutsot. Our vision, mission and programs have engaged and excited all those in attendance on Monday, December 17, 2018 at Manhattan’s Mandarin Oriental. The audience included many luminaries among them Danny Danon, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN; Ambassador Dani Dayan, Israel’s Consul General in New York; Ambassador Alfred H. Moses, Co-Chair[�]

We were proud and delighted to host Prof. Siro Polo Padolecchia at the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. Siro Polo Padolecchia, born in Venice in an ancient noble family, is the last living descendant of Marco Polo. Former Ambassador of Italy at the  United Nations, he assisted maaplilim to arrive to Israel after World War II.

The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot had the pleasure to host today the Nobel laureate in physics, the Algeria born French-Jewish physicist, Prof. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, who now visits Israel within a scientific conference, as the President’s guest. Tannoudji, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1997, toured the museum, accompanied by Dan Tadmor, CEO of The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot and Dr. Orit Shaham-Gover, the chief curator. During their tour, Tannoudji was surprised and moved to find himself in the “Heroes – Trailblazers of the Jewish People” gallery. He watched the film about his[�]

In a summit held this week in Jerusalem, Irina Nevzlin, Chair of the Board of Directors of The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot, chaired a panel moderated by journalist Zvika Klein (“Makor Rishon”), titled: “Israel and the Diaspora: united we stand?” Before the panel, the audience enjoyed the video “You are part of the story”. All viewers, mostly Jewish journalists and bloggers from around the world, were deeply touched by the moving film. During the session, Ms. Nevzlin presented the future plans for the opening of the new Core Exhibition in 2019, and went on replying questions[�]