Letter by prominent rabbi fetches $700,000 at auction
The 18th-century manuscript by the Or HaChaim offers a rare glimpse into Moroccan Jewish history.
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World's oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38.1M
Item is donated to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The price surpasses the $30.8 million paid ...
Owner of Nazi tattoo kit to donate items to Holocaust museum
Anonymous seller decides to donate the controversial items to the Haifa Holocaust Museum. Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors opposes ...
Rare Rabin notebook signed with code name 'Amiram' up for auction
The rare, well-preserved item is a copy of a weapons instruction manual issued to Palmach members, which former Prime Minister ...
Item belonging to former Chabad Rebbe goes on auction
Collectors now have the chance to bid on the wheelchair used by the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Hassidic ...
Outcry prompts Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem to cancel sale of artifacts
Public opposed plans to sell off one of Israel's best collections of art, which was expected to fetch millions in ...
Injunction issued to delay auction of important Israeli historical items
A number of important historical items have recently come up for sale, including the recording reels that documented the Declaration ...
Chagall painting to go on auction block in Israel
"Jacob’s Ladder," which depicts one of the most pivotal biblical stories, to be sold by Tiroche Auction House on Jan. ...
Lebanese businessman buys Hitler items, is donating them to Israel
Lebanese-Swiss businessman Abdallah Chatila purchases Adolf Hitler's top hat, among other personal belongings, in an auction of Nazi memorabilia in ...
Golda Meir's letter to bereaved families on eve of Yom Kippur War up for auction
Mere hours before Israel would embark on what would be the most difficult war in its history, one that would ...