David Jacobson Wins American Israel Numismatic Association 2021 Shekel Prize
University of Oxford, has won the
Shekel Prize Medal, awarded by the
American Israel Numismatic Association (AINA) for “Agrippa II, the Last of the Herods” as the best 2020 publication on Judaic/Israel numismatics.
“It is a great honor to be the recipient of this prestigious award and I greatly appreciate the esteem of the members of the judging committee of my endeavors,” Jacobson said upon receiving the news.
He further described his attraction to the subject:
“What drew me to studying the coinage of the last Herodian monarch
Agrippa II, the last Herodian king in the Land of Israel were its distinctive characteristics. His coin issues are prolific, almost equalling the combined total of all the previous Herodian kings and tetrarchs. Its other striking feature was the closeness of its various coin designs to those of Roman coins.
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New Belfast studio aims to bring glassblowing to the masses
Waterfall Arts plans to start hosting affordable classes in the spring at the community studio.
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Seen through doors on a newly constructed wall, glassblower David Jacobson repairs part of a glassblowing furnace in a basement room at Waterfall Arts in Belfast.
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Glassblower David Jacobson had been toying with moving from Montville to Belfast when the pandemic forced his decision. An artist and teacher who depended on a steady flow of people through his studio to take glassblowing lessons, Jacobson was uncertain how to proceed amid a worsening and vexing public health crisis that wiped out all his classes.