It was written in Israel during a lull between wars, and it scorns official ceremonies and treaties with their “heavy stamps” and exalted promises. So how did Yehuda Amichai’s Hebrew poem “Wildpeace” become a rallying cry for world leaders, popes and rock stars?
When the Nazis Stole Lea Goldberg’s Doctoral Thesis
What did the famous Israeli poet Lea Goldberg have to do with medieval translations of the Torah? Why did her doctoral thesis focus on this subject? And how did it fall into Nazi hands before eventually ending up at the National Library of Israel?
To Whom Did This Spy Dedicate His Legendary Love Letter?
Although Avshalom Feinberg was only 27 years old when he died, he knew a true love or two… or five. Meet the many contenders for the title – “recipient of the most romantic love letter in the Hebrew language”
Poems and Stories by the Jewish Children of Kharkiv, Ukraine
A booklet labeled “The Lives of Children”, preserved at the National Library of Israel, contains Hebrew stories and poems written a century ago by Jewish high school students in Ukraine
Hannah Senesh: The Girl Who Never Stopped Writing
A glimpse of Hannah Senesh’s childhood writings
Hannah Senesh’s Last Note
“Dear mother, I don’t know what to tell you. I will only say this: A thousand thanks and more, and forgive me, if you can…”
The Emotional Reunion With Hannah Senesh’s Notebook
In the 1950s, Katherine Senesh donated four pages containing poems handwritten by her paratrooper daughter to the National Library. Now, with the deposit of the full Hannah Senesh Collection, these pages will be reunited with the notebook from which they originally came
