Library

The social repository everyone can use: Tools, guides, and insights from the field

The "Digital Library" of JDC Israel is an open public repository offering up-to-date working tools for the social field.

When practical knowledge meets field experience – a foundation is built that can help tackle present challenges and prepare for the future
 Egypt and Greece clash over St. Catherine's – home to Moses's Well, world's oldest library.

Egypt and Greece clash over St. Catherine's – home to Moses's Well, world's oldest library

 CUSTOMERS REVIEW the shelves at a Jerusalem bookstore.

Man burns books on Jewish history, including Anne Frank’s diary, in Jewish suburb of Cleveland

Amitay Singer Studio, interior design - Adi Shaked

"Library" is a term that sounds sleepy. Until you encounter the ones that will change your mind


Salman Rushdie warns of threat to freedom of expression in West

Rushdie has long faced death threats linked to his fourth novel, 'The Satanic Verses,' which was banned in countries with large Muslim populations upon its 1988 publication.

 The writer Salman Rushdie interviewed during Heartland Festival in Kvaerndrup, Denmark June 2, 2018.

National Library of Argentina showcases Borges’ love for Israel and Judaism

German Alvarez, Investigator of the Borgean funds recovery program, Prof. Ruth Fain, head of the department Latin American studies, the HebreU, Eyal Sela, Ambassador of Israel to Argentina, Laura Rosarto, Investigator of the Borgean funds recovery program, Amital Perry, head of public diplomacy

Israel Prison System offers new research-based digital library system

This new research database will provide information for people interested in learning about many topics affecting people inside and outside of prison.

View of the Israeli Prison Authorities, Gilboa Prison, near Israel Valley.

Texas school district orders removal of Anne Frank’s diary from shelves

It was the latest in a string of book removals being implemented at schools at the behest of conservative activist parents and school board members

anne frank

Chabad demands return of the Schneerson library archives from Russia

Chabad’s approach to Israel’s government is: Don’t give the Russians control over the Jerusalem compound without demanding the return of the Schneerson library archives.

 PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in Brooklyn, New York, in 1977.

Tzameret Arnona Community Library: A Jerusalem community asset

“We’ve been told by readers that this is the most organized community library they’ve seen,” said Evelyn Elbogen.

 THE LIBRARY was established by local volunteers and funded by the municipality.

Tiny Bible the size of a coin rediscovered in British library

The Bible measures at 50mm. by 35mm. and is so small it can only be read by using a magnifying glass.

 The Bible

London’s Wiener Library is the world’s oldest Holocaust archive. It’s still collecting material.

“These are completely unique documents,” said Toby Simpson, the library’s director.

 The sun rises over the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain

Meet the volunteers dedicated to books and their kibbutz library

The women, in their seventies, came to the kibbutz in the 1960s. Just recently, they all pitched in to work on a renovation of the library that took six months and cost over NIS 100,000.

 HOLDING SOME of their favorite books: Helen Frenkley (left) with Marcia Greenfeld, Margie Lewis and Judy Grossman.

Shelf-help: Librarians are asking how to turn their archives into weapons against antisemitism

CJH, in collaboration with jMUSE, is presenting an all-day conference Sunday

 A YOUNG Polish Jew reads from a book in Yiddish, in the Jewish library at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Krakow.