Library

Archaeologists discover rare 2,600-year-old stele of Assyrian king in Iraq's Nineveh

The stele has since been moved to the Inspectorate’s headquarters to undergo initial restoration work so that it can be studied in depth.

A fragment of an ancient stele dating to the reign of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal found in Iraq's Nineveh province, July 17, 2026.
Jane Yolen and her most famous book, "The Devil's Arithmetic."

Jane Yolen, whose The Devil’s Arithmetic became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87

Attendees gather for a vigil organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine along McKeldin Mall in the heart of the University of Maryland campus on October 07, 2024 in College Park, Maryland.

Student group holds 'political education' events for terrorist's writings at Madison public library

The new library at the Levinsky–Wingate Campus

A new library at the Levinsky–Wingate Campus: Colorful, innovative, and bold


In Russia, a treasure trove of books

The Jewish Museum in Moscow is set to open a multimedia library unlike any other in the world.

Along with its new digitized contents, the Jewish Museum in Moscow will not be without books, especially Russian and Yiddish tomes

מַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִית

New children’s book: Creation

New children’s book: Creation

In your footsteps, Orwell

Without public financial support, most of the artistic events and venues simply cannot survive.

The Soviet leadership with (standing at left) Central Committee secretary Andrei Zhdanov. (Leader Joseph Stalin is standing second from right.)

Old City’s Khalidi Library reopens after nearly a half century

Islamic legal texts are at the core of the collection. Other fields include medicine, history, geography, astronomy, Koranic exegesis, rhetoric, logic, philosophy and poetry.

Old City’s Khalidi Library

Books and a cultural fabric

The future of the National Library began this week with the laying of a cornerstone.

ISRAEL’S FUTURE NATIONAL LIBRARY, designed by Basel architects Herzog and de Meuron, will include a central reading room under a luminous glass dome.

WATCH LIVE: Netanyahu, Rivlin attend cornerstone laying ceremony for new National Library

The new library complex is scheduled to open its doors to the public in 2020.

The National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, set to be completed in 2020

This week in Jerusalem P

Peggy Cidor's round up of city affairs.

Kehilot Sharot founder and director Yossi Ohana speaks at the Knesset during the ‘Poetic Justice’ session

National Library finally under construction

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some of the same dignitaries will attend a cornerstone laying ceremony for the construction now under way opposite the Knesset.

The National Library’s new complex will face the Knesset

A new national library for the People of the Book

Multi-purpose facility slated to open in 2020.

ISRAEL’S FUTURE NATIONAL LIBRARY, designed by Basel architects Herzog and de Meuron, will include a central reading room under a luminous glass dome.

In Beit Shemesh, more than just a children’s library

The library is a hub for everyone in Beit Shemesh.

Local kids – and some parents – enjoy the Benjamin Children’s Library in Beit Shemesh