Tag: National Library of Israel

The collection consists of some 45,000 manuscripts and legible fragments.

The new emblem was accused of a lack of connection to "the Jewish people, the State of Israel, Zionism or the Hebrew language."

Reading is Fundamental.

Due to their exceedingly delicate state, the Torah scrolls were only brought out for a few minutes to be filmed.

Israel’s National Library offering free, downloadable treasures, including 15th century Rothschild Haggadah, 1556 printed Prague Haggadah, 18th century Amsterdam Haggadah.

The Entrance Plaza, across from the Knesset, will connect to the new National Library building, designed by the Swiss architecture firm of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.

The pages come from the 1492 edition of Arba'ah Turim, one of the most important works of Halakha.

650,000 users from around the Arab world visited NLI online, led by PA, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Algeria.

The new, free collection includes images of 1,600 manuscripts, dozens of rare photos, and color footage taken after the Six-Day War.

200,000 pages of historic press to be digitized, fully searchable online.

Three generations of the Günzburg family amassed one of the largest private collections of Hebrew books and manuscripts in Europe.

The online Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art preserves the rich artistic heritage of the Jewish people throughout time and across the globe.

'Anti-Semitism, hatred, internal strife are all ancient elements of our historical destiny – always problematic. […] We must therefore look for a way out; we must be brave to remain within our destiny. If Judaism is a tragedy, let us live it.'

A special event next week at the National Library of Israel will debut a display of ancient Jewish texts found in a cave in Afghanistan. The...