In the early 1960s, a team of Israeli experts was dispatched on an urgent mission to Iran, to help rebuild an earthquake-ravaged region.
Purim Special: The ‘Azores Megillah’
The Azores Megillah at the National Library of Israel provides beautiful and early textual evidence of Jewish life in the Azores, and it has has recently been digitized for the first time.
The George Washington Thumb Bible Goes Online
A rare miniature bible with a dedication to President George Washington was acquired last year as part of famed Valmadonna Trust Library.
What Did Martin Buber and His Friends Write to President Johnson about Martin Luther King Jr.?
From the Martin Buber Archive: A letter to the American president about MLK’s 1965 release from jail
That Time David Ben-Gurion’s Father Sent Him Some Cash
When Dr. Irving Halperin wrote to David Ben-Gurion in the summer of 1968, the response contained a few surprising anecdotes about the Jewish State’s first prime minister.
