Message sent to ‘The Holy Ari’ reflects his influence at the time, outside the mystical realm
Revealed: 90 “New” Pages from One of the Oldest Printed Hebrew Books
Pages come from the only existing copy of a ca. 1492 edition of “Arba’ah Turim”, one of history’s most important codes of Jewish law
8 Nights, 8 Treasures, 8 Languages
Join us for a Hanukkah video journey across cultures and time, featuring treasures from the National Library of Israel!
Annual Docu.Text Documentary Film Festival Going Online
The sixth annual Docu.Text Documentary Film Festival will take place online from the 15th to the 25th of November, 2020
The Children of ’73 Write About the Yom Kippur War
Letters written by Israeli children during the 1973 war reveal how they experienced one of the nation’s most challenging periods.
New Digital Platform Celebrates Else Lasker-Schüler
Lasker-Schüler, one of Germany’s greatest poets, fled to Jerusalem in the 1930s. “Poetic Textures: Else Lasker-Schüler Archives. An Online Platform” offers digital access to a large portion of her literary and artistic legacy.
New Effort Launched to Identify and Catalogue Every Hebrew Book in Italy for First Time Ever
Some 35,000 volumes from dozens of communities and institutions across the country will be included
Revealed: Photos of Macedonian Jews Who Perished in the Holocaust
A collection of photographs received by the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People documents the lives of thousands of residents of the town of Bitola, who were sent to Treblinka in 1943
How Israel Overcame the Polio Epidemic of the 1950s
In 1953, Dr. Jonas Edward Salk announced the encouraging results of his experiments with a new drug in the battle against polio, but he would soon meet resistance…
A 15th Century Jewish Prayer Book Has Been Fully Restored by the National Library
The “Moskowitz Mahzor” was created by one of the Middle Ages’ most important Jewish artists, Joel ben Simeon; It is now available to the public online
