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for its special contribution to society and the State of Israel. The citation of the judges’ committee notes: "It has been the principal and most effective institution for furthering knowledge of the archaeology and history of the country both at home and abroad since it was founded seventy-five
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and other reasons, the society folded without conducting any excavations or publishing any reports. In
November 1920, the same group of people founded the society again, changing "Jewish" to "Hebrew" in its Hebrew name but keeping the English name.
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as president and A. Brawer as secretary. It was called "The Jewish
Society for the Exploration of Eretz-Israel and its Antiquities" in Hebrew and the "Jewish Palestine Exploration Society" in English. Due to the advent of
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period. It coordinates much of the multi-institutional archaeological research carried out by both
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IES is a public organization whose work consists of the organization and sponsoring of archaeological projects, publication of periodicals and excavation reports, and the running of professional conferences.
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Fifty-nine archaeological conferences have been held for members of the IES. These annual gatherings include lectures by archaeologists and guided tours of recently discovered sites.
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governed by an executive committee and a
Council comprising representatives from all of the institutes of archaeology in the Israel and several major archaeological
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The IES, in cooperation with other institutions, has held thirty annual meetings for the professional archaeological community in Israel.
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Israel together with leaders of the Jewish yishuv. At its inception the society was named the Jewish
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The Israel
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series publishing original studies in honor of leading international scholars. Twenty-seven volumes have appeared to date.
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took over (1978-1994, 1998–2018). As of 2018, it was considered to be the main Hebrew-language archaeological journal.
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Ronny Reich (2011). "The Israel
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