National Library of Israel

National Library of Israel launches memorial book initiative ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary

The initiative will preserve memorial books and personal works created in memory of those killed in combat and those murdered, while making their stories accessible to future generations.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

New National Library of Israel building in Jerusalem, exterior.

Aharon Bar-Oz deposits Naomi Shemer’s leter of response with the National Library of Israel, August 31, 2026.

Author of postcard sent to Naomi Shemer praising 'Jerusalem of Gold' identified after 59 years

“Now the time has come for it to be at the National Library," Bar-Oz said to Ynet. "It must be there, especially for the grandchildren and for those who say, ‘We'd rather die than enlist.’”

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

‘THE SIXTEENTH SHEEP’ reunion shows (from left) Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza.

‘The Sixteenth Sheep’ documentary celebrates reunion of a musical supergroup

If I have one quibble with the documentary, it’s that it does not give a full sense of the album, that the songs are a journey through the mind of a child who can’t fall asleep.

AUGUST 18, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

A page from the first kosher cookbook published in England from 1846, titled "The Jewish Manual of Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette," May 26, 2026.

National Library of Israel acquires copy of UK's oldest kosher cookbook belonging to Montefiores

While the cookbook was originally published anonymously by “A Lady,” scholars later attributed the title to British linguist Lady Judith Montefiore, the wife of Sir Moses Montefiore.

MAY 27, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

What makes Jerusalem tick? Simon Sebag Montefiore, Matti Friedman talk past, present, future

Simon Sebag Montefiore and acclaimed journalist Matti Friedman delved into how Jerusalem – both city and symbol – functions as a stage for sweeping historical narratives.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByETHAN FREEDMAN

Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore in conversation with journalist Matti Friedman at the National Library of Israel, in Jerusalem on Sunday, November 16, 2025.

Grapevine October 5, 2025: When comparisons should not be made

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, look at the memorial wall in the National Library.

Jerusalem highlights: September 26 – October 2

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

SEPTEMBER 27, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN

National Library reunites 15th-century Portuguese mahzor ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Known as the Lisbon mahzor, the manuscript was most likely written in the eponymous city of Lisbon, Portugal, during the second half of the 1400s.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

David Blumberg built Israel’s greatest library, then politics destroyed him - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: David Blumberg’s dream library stands tall in Jerusalem, but his life ended in tragedy, overshadowed by scandal and political strife.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2025ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

DAVID BLUMBERG – Short and bespectacled, but authoritative and full of energy, he turned the National Library into a cultural center.

From New York to the National Library of Israel: Naomi Schacter's journey

'The home of the book for the People of the Book.’

AUGUST 30, 2025ByLEAH HAKIMIAN

NAOMI SCHACHTER; from New York City to Jerusalem, 1983.

New documentary celebrates Yehoram Gaon's life at Docu.Text Festival

Yehoram Gaon, often seen as Israel's national singer, saw his life and accomplishments celebrated during an emotional screening of a new documentary which premiered at the National Library of Israel.

AUGUST 23, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

YEHORAM GAON in a screenshot from the film ‘Tonight.’

National Library gets original lyrics of Naomi Shemer’s 'Al Kol Eleh'

For many years, the Shemer family’s attitude toward the song was very ambivalent as it reminded them of the loss of their father and uncle, and also because it had become politically charged.

AUGUST 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF