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.

|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.’”

|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.

|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.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Grapevine August 12, 2023: Servants of the people

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 13, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, with soldiers on the Golan Heights.

National Library of Israel ventures into a new realm of Jewish creativity

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Israel’s National Library debuts the largest collection of Kabbalah ‘trees,’ expected to form the cornerstone of one of the most important collections of Judaica.

JUNE 17, 2023ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
CHAIM NERIA (right), curator of the Haim and Hanna Solomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel, speaks about the new collection.

Epilogue: Saying goodbye to Israel National Library current home

The events marking the Givat Ram campus building’s retirement from its current capacity include the Epilogue program of shows, vignettes, lectures and tours set for June 21.

JUNE 17, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
THE GIVAT RAM building is considered to be an architectural masterpiece.

Grapevine June 14, 2023: A major move

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 14, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel building designed by the prestigious Swiss firm, Herzog & de Meuron. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)

A young ‘pigeoneer’ in Israel's War of Independence

Yehudit Entin is remembered in the National Library of Israel’s Operation Diary Project, which aims to tell the story of Israel from a collective perspective.

MAY 14, 2023ByGEORGE MEDOVOY
YEHUDIT ENTIN with a messenger pigeon.

In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author and translator

“Jerusalem Beach,” a book of short stories that draws on Israeli author Iddo Gefen’s background as a neurocognitive researcher, won the prize.

MAY 3, 2023ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA, ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel building designed by the prestigious Swiss firm, Herzog & de Meuron. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)

Grapevine: Pathetic Israel Post

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 1, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israel Postal Company mailbox

Grapevine March 24, 2023: It’s in the book

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 26, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
GALIT GUTMAN and her daughter, Emma, model creations by Aharon Genish.

Grapevine March 26, 2023: Behind the scenes

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 26, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ALICE GOTTESMAN.

Israel drops plans to put National Library under Edu. Ministry

Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch will appoint four members to the National Library Council, as well as a member to both the board of directors and the library's audit committee.

MARCH 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel building designed by the prestigious Swiss firm, Herzog & de Meuron. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)