National Library of Israel

Grapevine: Crown jewels

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
THE NATIONAL Library of Israel
Kol HaOt Passover Festival.

The Passover playbook: Jerusalem activities the whole family can rally around during war

This year, everything will be operating according to the instructions from the Home Front Command. Things may be subject to last-minute changes.

|ByRONIT ANSBACHER, JOANNA SHEBSON
‘A Ma’apilim Ship,’ painting by Marcel Janco (see Friday).

Jerusalem highlights: March 27-April 2

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

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Life on the Line is a digital archive designed to document resesrvists' experiences.

'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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

NLI holds Hanukkah activities for Jewish youths from Ukraine and Russia

The participants from the two countries included both olim and refugees from the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.

DECEMBER 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
National Library of Israel holds Hanukkah activities for Jewish youths from Ukraine and Russia.

National Library receives genealogical history of Ireland's Jews

The event featured guests such as Irish Ambassador to Israel H.E. Kyle O'Sullivan, NLI Chairman Ambassador Sallai Meridor and Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Yossi Havilio.

DECEMBER 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A 22-volume genealogical history of the Jewish communities of Ireland by Stuart Rosenblatt is presented to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem on December 19, 2022.

Israeli effort to study medieval Hebrew manuscripts gets European funds

Tens of thousands of these have already been gathered from collections worldwide and digitally imaged and curated by the National Library of Israel's KTIV collection.

DECEMBER 18, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
1738 holiday blessings and prayer book from Bavaria in Ashkenazic writing.

TARBOOT contest announces startup winners

TARBOOT is an international technology innovation competition dealing with the digital use of heritage and cultural content.

DECEMBER 1, 2022ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
Finalists and judges of the TARBOOT competition at the National Library of Israel.

National Library of Israel set to open in March

What will the National Library of Israel's new complex look like? CEO Oren Weinberg releases details of the new Jerusalem landmark.

OCTOBER 15, 2022ByGIL ZOHAR
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: ‘Nachas’ and nosh

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Simulation of the new David Geffen Auditorium

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. 

JULY 7, 2022ByALDEN TABAC
18th century manuscript, found in the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel, includes details from the first 130 years of the Portuguese Inquisition in Lisbon, including numbers of the victims, charges and sentences

Jerusalem highlights April 29-May 5

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

APRIL 28, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN
JERUSALEM SYMPHONY Orchestra.

This week in Jerusalem: Load a car

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

APRIL 28, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
THE FIRST 100 car-charging stations have been set up all over the city.

Grapevine: Meet the Meridors

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 20, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Former ambassador Sallai Meridor 390 (R)