“Time Tunnel – Japan and the Jews” will be open to the public in Haifa for the next six months. Credit: Anat Charmoni.
As Israel this year marked 70 years of diplomatic relations with Japan, Haifa’s Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art last week launched a major art exhibit titled “Time Tunnel—Japan and the Jews,” displaying the work of five leading Japanese artists with a focus on the Holocaust.
Ambassadors from several nations pose at the Aish HaTorah Center in the Old City of Jerusalem overlooking the Western Wall. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan is back on his home turf, leading 16 of his colleagues—ambassadors to the United States and the United Nations—from countries around the world, along with some of their staffers, on a week-long fact-finding mission throughout the Jewish state.