Tag: Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

Though the United States participated, Israeli officials were furious when the U.S. announced it would boycott the opening ceremony.

'No one can argue with the written artifact. There was an ancient synagogue here and the synagogue was built in its current form in recent centuries.'

Bidders are required to agree to place the object on public exhibition, as per a stipulation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, which designated the artifact a "National Treasure" of Israel.