National Library of Israel

'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.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

From right: 2025 Sapir Prize debut winner Roni Partchek, honored for her novel “Sitara,” with Mifal HaPais CEO Adv. Beni Dreyfus, judging committee chair Dr. Ruth Calderon, Mifal HaPais board chair Itzik Lari, and 2025 Sapir Prize winner Amir Harash, awarded for “Bereavement and Failure and Zombies.

Amir Harash wins Sapir Prize for 2025; Roni Partchek takes debut award

Harash received the top honor at a ceremony held at the National Library of Israel, which hosted the prize event as part of celebrations marking 25 years since the award’s founding.

FEBRUARY 2, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Education and fun at the National Library.

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.

DECEMBER 10, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Or Yesha Meusharim from Machzor Worms (13th c.)

National Library unveils rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript

The National Library of Israel has added a rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript to its exhibition, alongside newly displayed medieval Jewish texts from Europe, North Africa, and Persia.

DECEMBER 9, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Astronaut Ilan Ramon’s space diary finds a home at Israel’s National Library

Ramon's mission on Columbia claimed the lives of all seven crew members, but many of his personal items survived, including diary entries as new additions to Israel's National Library.

MAY 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Grapevine, May 29, 2024: Latter-day Zionists

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 29, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

National Library of Israel hosts International Judaica Curators Conference

This past week, 70 professional curators of Judaica collections from many different countries convened at the library for a three-day intensive learning experience led by professionals.

MAY 24, 2024ByDAVID GEFFEN

THE NEW reading room of the National Library of Israel.

Fallen scholarly soldier’s holy text donated to the National Library of Israel

Eyal Meir Berkowitz fell in an operation to rescue the bodies of multiple hostages.

MAY 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

In honor of Independence Day: National Library to offer free tours

The new National Library of Israel is an impressive 11-story building with six floors above ground and five below. It can accommodate up to 600 readers, who can enter daily and free of charge.

MAY 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The new building of the National Library in Jerusalem.

Grapevine: Archive acquisition

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 27, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Passover: The storied Haggadot of the National Library of Israel

The National Library of Israel has the world's largest Haggadah collection, includes some of the oldest Haggadot.

APRIL 23, 2024ByLINDA GRADSTEIN, JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

THE HAGGADAH by Meshullam Zimmel from 1719.

National Library receives personal archives of late UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

The archive was acquired with support from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe. Once the files are cataloged, the library intends to provide extensive access to researchers.

APRIL 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF