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Nachliel Selavan

The Museum Guy

Jan 28, 2024, 2:26 AM

Empowering Jewish Identity through Museum Tours

By Nachliel Selavan - The Museum Guy Thrilled to share the highlights of my recent trip from Israel to the United States (December 15-21,2023), focusing on New York and Atlanta this year. Engaging with vibrant communities, I guided public and...

Aug 3, 2021, 8:54 AM

Five Family Activities in Jerusalem’s Museums

“What was Herzl’s Favorite Emoji?” runs all this summer in the Israel Museum. “The Museum Guy”, Nachliel Selavan, works with museums around the world and is now Jerusalem-based. Find him on www.museumtours.co.il and social media platforms. Summer has come, camps...

Nov 16, 2020, 1:37 AM

Living the Tanakh with Google Maps and Archeology

Covid-19 changed everything. Text-based Jewish education feels the brunt of this change, as educators seek creative ways to engage with students; many already zoomed-out. And that’s just the logistical aspect, which school administrators are meeting with acumen and originality. As...

Sep 24, 2020, 3:40 PM

Yom Kippur, Yonah, Assyria and Eretz Yisrael

Mincha on Yom Kippur includes the reading of the entire book of Yonah, a story about a surreal journey to the city of Nineveh on the Tigris river. Let us examine Yonah from a historical and geographical perspective, where...

About Me

Nachliel Selavan is a Jewish education innovator, history and archaeology enthusiast, and international museum guide. Also known as "The Museum Guy", Nachliel guides public and private tours regularly in the Israel Museum and Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He has guided in dozens of other museums worldwide, and regularly guides virtual tours, lectures, youtube videos and social media. His online and museum tours engage thousands of participants from different backgrounds. Today he lives in Gush Eztion with his wife and family, and teaches part time in high school.

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