National Library of Israel

Hanukkah events and family activities at the National Library

Performances, children’s shows, and family tours are among the highlights of the National Library’s Hanukkah activities.

Education and fun at the National Library.
Or Yesha Meusharim from Machzor Worms (13th c.)

National Library unveils rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript

 An illustrative image of elderly Israelis.

Older folks, use your new time wisely: It’s a special present, make it magical - opinion

From left, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Ecuador Ambassador Maria Cristina Coralios Calero, and Prof. Tamir Shaefer, president of the Hebrew University.

Grapevine, December 7, 2025: Multiple compositions


Grapevine August 12, 2023: Servants of the people

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 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.

 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.

 THE GIVAT RAM building is considered to be an architectural masterpiece.

Grapevine June 14, 2023: A major move

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 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.

 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.

 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.

Israel Postal Company mailbox

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

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 GALIT GUTMAN and her daughter, Emma, model creations by Aharon Genish.

Grapevine March 26, 2023: Behind the scenes

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 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.

 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)