TRYOUTS FOR the role of Hedwig in the new Harry Potter film open next week. It would be wise to give a hoot and bring your owl – like this one from Kibbutz Geva. (Deborah Strauss)
FLAT TIRE in the trunk: The enterprising zoo elephants have opened a puncture-repair business to supplement income during the tourist-poor pandemic. (Stuart Gherman)THE WORLD according to Harp: If you want to look sharp, sit on a tarp and play a harp (but not while eating a carp) near Jaffa Gate. (Sandra Prais)
IF YOU wish to see fish – and not just on a dish – then swish on over to the astonishing Gottesman Family Israel Aquarium in Jerusalem. (Ruth Scheuler)
FOR THE BIRDS: This columbarium at the Herodion was utilized two millennia ago to breed pigeons as a food source and for their droppings, which could be used as fertilizer. (Barbara Zaffran)