12 little-known Passover Haggadah facts
Here are a dozen fun facts that you may not have known about the little book at the heart of the Passover Seder.
Here are a dozen fun facts that you may not have known about the little book at the heart of the Passover Seder.
National Library of Israel releases rare personal photographs of Jewish poet and paratrooper exactly 80 years after her execution in native Hungary.
If you feel too overwhelmed, or are too far away, to attend a memorial service in person, there are still ways to pay respect to the fallen.
The space diary of Israel’s first astronaut has been kept at the Israel Museum for restoration since the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003.
The Haggadah, a living story of redemption brought to life each year on Passover at the Seder table, has become an artform of its own.
The new library has a distinctive curved roof shaped like an open book, 11-story structure—with six floors above ground and five below, and opens in late October.
From a 15th century feminist prayer book and a Qur’an commissioned by a great lady to the works of an illustrator and a national hero, there’s plenty to be proud of.
European Research Council awards grant to develop computational analysis of 95,000 old manuscripts and fragments in National Library of Israel.
But Israel’s tendency for gender-neutral names makes breakdown a challenge, says National Library of Israel.
On the eve of Israel’s 74th Independence Day, we offer a list of places where you can learn about the events leading up to the modern state of Israel.
Check out music, rare manuscripts and photos, games and lectures showcased online in honor of the Muslim holy month or – for those in Israel — participate in interfaith events and tours.
The majority of regional users are young men from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia.
Images reveal a bygone area, complete with fancy dinnerware, floral wallpaper and two musical giants in the same room.
Two moving items in the collection are a pair of notes found in Hannah Senesh’s dress following her execution: a poem and a letter to her mother.
Due to the pandemic, the National Library of Israel’s sixth annual Docu.Text Film Festival is going digital, with a lineup in English, Nov. 15-25.