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


National Library documentary film festival returns between August 15-19

Docu.Text, the documentary film festival in Jerusalem of the National Library of Israel, is back live this summer from August 15 to 19 with a slate of thought-provoking literary and cultural films.

A TOUR of Amos Oz’s rarely seen letters and writings.

Kids program at Israel National Library explores world of magic and myths

Fictional creatures that children will learn about include unicorns, dragons, and sea monsters.

Monsters in the National Library of Israel

Jerusalem library to be opened as part of city development plan

The library will include thousands of titles available to read and borrow, as well as internet and multimedia access for residents of Jerusalem.

Reading room of the National Library of Israel.

First trilingual street library to open in Jerusalem

The only Jerusalem library in a ‘mixed’ neighborhood may provide another venue for Jewish, Arab co-existence

The trilingual street library in the Abu Tor neighborhood of Jerusalem is nearly complete.

New central public library planned for Jerusalem

Residents will be able to borrow thousands of books from the library as well as have access to multimedia systems and internet access.

Central public library planned for Jerusalem

Max Gross’ ‘Lost Shtetl’ wins best fiction from Assoc. of Jewish Libraries

Gross, who will receive a $1,000 cash prize, told Alma that the insulated lives of the people of Kreskol were in part drawn from the enclosed non-Lubavitch Hasidic communities he’s encountered.

JEWS LIVING in a shtetl in Poland

Five-hundred years in the life of the Amon family

From the surrender of Spain to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent and beyond, they were there.

For centuries, members of the Amon family served as advisers and physicians to sultans, esteemed rabbis and businessmen across three continents.

National Library of Israel to put 300 workers on unpaid leave

Under the suspension, the library will stop the lending of books and close reading rooms.

The reading room of the National Library of Israel, in Jerusalem

When the Haganah Trained on the Beaches of Tel Aviv

The Haganah’s Camp Yona was located in northern Tel Aviv, on a site occupied by a luxurious hotel today; this was the location for a string of historic events.

Beno Rothenberg, the Meitar Collection

National Library of Israel to open access to 2,500 rare Islamic books

The National Library of Israel, in coordination with the Arcadia Fund, has announced a major initiative to open digital access to over 2,500 rare Islamic manuscripts and books.

The reading room of the National Library of Israel, in Jerusalem