“3/12/1941 – My heart is burning and my body is freezing. My head is hurting beyond all reason. Why? Is all justice forsaken?”
Double-Crossed by Eichmann: New Lists from the Kasztner Train Revealed
Rudolf Israel Kasztner negotiated with Adolf Eichmann directly to transport nearly 1,700 Jews from Hungary to Switzerland.
Braille Haggadot: The Exodus from Egypt at Your Fingertips
A look at Passover Haggadot written for the blind and the visually impaired
Roll Out the Red Carpet: When the Royals Paid a Visit to the Jews of Amsterdam
Rare documents from the National Library of Israel show the excitement and dedication that went into the preparations for the visit of Wilhelm V and his bride, Princess Wilhelmina.
Google and the National Library Launch a New Interactive Project: “Once Upon a Try”
Explore humanity’s greatest inventions and discoveries in a new interactive online project by Google Arts & Culture, in collaboration with the National Library of Israel.
100 Years of Haaretz Newspaper to Go Online
The digitized issues will be accessible via the JPress – Historic Jewish Press website, an initiative of the National Library of Israel and Tel Aviv University
Drumroll…Presenting Our Most Popular Stories of 2018!
Including coded letters in invisible ink, Jewish belly dancers, Leonard Cohen in the Sinai and of course, Gefilte Fish…
The 11th Commandment: Amos Oz Reveals His True Faith
In a speech given two years before his death last Friday, Israeli writer Amos Oz spoke of what was holy to him
Spotted Off the Shores of the Holy Land: The Little Mermaid
Mermaids, sea monsters and all sorts of fantastic creatures were a common feature of ancient maps
The Jewish Boy Who Was Secretly Baptized and Kidnapped by the Catholic Church
In accordance with Papal law, Jewish families were not permitted to raise Catholic children. Once news of his baptism leaked, Edgardo Mortara was taken into custody by the Vatican.
