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


Hebrew University's centennial: Einstein's legacy and the guardian of a scientific icon

Einstein's letters, theories, and Jewish legacy will live on in the hills of Jerusalem at the Hebrew University.

 Professor Hanoch Gutfruend is a physics professor, former Hebrew University president, and Academic Head of the Einstein Archive. He showed The Jerusalem Post around the archives to mark 100 years of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dürer’s ‘The Four Horsemen’ and ‘The Whore of Babylon’ on display in End of the World exhibit

An exhibition features nearly 300 pieces, including illuminated books from the Middle Ages, sculptures, and videos by contemporary artists.

 Unveiling the Apocalypse: Dürer’s ‘The Four Horsemen’ and ‘The Whore of Babylon’ on display in exhibition exploring the End of the World.

Teen novel about women vampires wins a top prize for Jewish children’s books

The awards were announced Monday by the Association of Jewish Libraries at the American Library Association’s  LibLearnX conference in Phoenix.

 CUSTOMERS REVIEW the shelves at a Jerusalem bookstore.

Texas school district removes Bible from libraries

During a recent school board meeting, parents expressed their outrage, calling the decision "absurd."

 Texas school district removes Bible from libraries. Illustration.

Pro-Palestine activists occupy NY Public Library to protest Gaza 'Scholasticide'

"We gather today in one of New York's most iconic libraries to remind the world that all libraries in Gaza have been destroyed," said one of the protesters.

 "Study-in for Gaza" protest at New York Public Library on December 21

National Library of Israel rolls out a bookmobile

The National Library of Israel's bookmobile, featuring pictures of Ir-Meow-hu the Library Cat, has been visiting evacuee centers throughout Israel.

 The National Library of Israel’s bookmobile.

No, New York libraries aren’t closing because of funding for Israel

Pro-Palestinian activists have previously tied society’s woes to Israel and targeted New York institutions with only tenuous connections to the Jewish state.

THE NEW YORK Public Library

Unveiling the new National Library of Israel's building

About a month after the postponement of the official opening date, most of the people who used to spend hours in the old building are going to National Library of Israel in its new building

 The National Library of Israel

Changing the National Library's logo does not mean Zionism is declining - opinion

A victory for the Zionist spirit over postmodernism

 SHAI NITZAN, rector of the National Library of Israel, stands in the library’s new building, in Jerusalem, with the logo which shows an open white book with blue edges.

Long overdue: Library book returned after nearly a century

By the time it was handed back to the library, it had passed 96 years of due dates.

 Books (illustrative)

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.