National Library of Israel
'My family will finally hear my story': New IDF reservist archive launches
The project, known in Hebrew as “Chaim al Hakav” (Life on the Line), described itself as a national digital archive designed to document reservists’ experiences.
Amir Harash wins Sapir Prize for 2025; Roni Partchek takes debut award
Hanukkah events and family activities at the National Library
National Library unveils rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript
World’s largest kabbalah collection to move to Israel's National Library
Leaving the Hebrew University’s Givat Ram campus after 40 years, it will relocate two kilometers to the northeast to its permanent home at the new NLI on Ruppin Boulevard.
National Library’s Ramadan Online presents rare Islamic manuscripts for holiday
NLI's Islam and Middle East Collection one of the region's leading collections, includes 2,500 Islamic manuscripts in Arabic, Persian and Turkish dating from the ninth to the 20th centuries.
Educators awarded NIS 120,000 in new prize for humanities teachers
Nechama Weingarten Mintz, Dr. Gadi Prodowski and Ziv Shaham are the first recipients of the new award for distinguished teachers in the field of humanities.
The Pope and Haman in Renaissance Italy
The only known manuscript of The Chronicle of Pope Paul IV is at the National Library in Jerusalem.
National Library unveils largest collection of Esther scrolls in the world
As the nation marks Purim, the National Library provides a rare glimpse into part of its collection of Esther scrolls.
Italian Jewish communities look to digitize 35,000 Jewish texts
Tens of thousands of uncatalogued printed Hebrew books dating back hundreds of years, are held in collections belonging to local Jewish communities.
UAE Archives directors visit Israel’s National Library for first time ever
Among the fields of collaboration agreed to in the 2020 Abraham Accords, the two institutions are working to preserve historical memory and cultural heritage.
Three million dollars for creating digital presence of cultural heritage treasures
An initiative of Yad Hanadiv and a collaboration with the National Library of Israel (NLI), “TARBOOT” seeks to connect technology talent from Israel and abroad to the worlds of culture and the arts.
Did Esperanto answer the ‘Jewish Question’?
Here's how Jewish was the international tongue that never quite made it.
16th-century letter from famed Kabbalist ‘the Arizal’ revealed
The letter, which was sent to the Arizal by someone named David requesting support for a fundraiser, was discovered in the binding of an antique book.
