National Library of Israel
Hanukkah events and family activities at the National Library
Performances, children’s shows, and family tours are among the highlights of the National Library’s Hanukkah activities.
National Library unveils rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript
Older folks, use your new time wisely: It’s a special present, make it magical - opinion
Grapevine, December 7, 2025: Multiple compositions
Grapevine: ‘Nachas’ and nosh
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Manuscript discovered detailing Inquisition trials against Jews in Portugal
The 60-page document lists the dates and locations of autos-da-fé along with the number of victims at each trial.
Jerusalem highlights April 29-May 5
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
This week in Jerusalem: Load a car
A weekly round-up of city affairs.
Grapevine: Meet the Meridors
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Passover: Centuries-old haggadahs now available for download
The book disappeared for many years but was eventually returned to the Rothschild family, who later donated it to the National Library of Israel.
Why did medieval haggadot include pictures of men pointing at their wives?
This long-forgotten Passover custom was dealt a bitter blow by a sharp wife in a 15th-century Haggadah.
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.
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.
