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Here's a beach scene in @TelAviv, from back in 1949, when the State of Israel was about one year old. Not much has changed 😁(setting aside electric megaphones and one-piece bathing suits for men, but you get our drift. ). Photo by Rudi Weissenstein, the Photohouse Collection,
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RT @rachelneiman: National Library of Israel receives manuscript of iconic Naomi Shemer song - #israel #music http….
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The handwritten draft of "Al Kol Eleh" was donated by the family of the beloved Israeli poetess.
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RT @BnaiBrith: Archivist Cheryl Kempler talks about the new @NLIsrael, a stunning symbol of Israel’s soul—now home to the Ronnie Ellenblum….
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RT @JuedStudien: #Event | DOCUTEXT - Documentary Film Festival at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem | @NLIsrael and the @docaviv….
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RT @Jerusalem_Post: Israel’s National Library has truly become a modern-day gem since its founding in 1892.
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Israel’s National Library is all of those things and more: it has truly become a modern-day gem since its founding in 1892.
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RT @Jerusalem_Post: Opinion | The 10th Docu.Text Festival features powerful documentaries, including stories of Israeli icons, Holocaust fi….
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Many screenings will be followed by conversations and meetings with filmmakers, as well as performances related to the films, group meditation, and even folk dancing.
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RT @leekern13: šŸ‡®šŸ‡± The National Library of Israel @NLIsrael showed me a Tanach from 1430 (the year that Joan of Arc was captured). The book….
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The National Macabi Games, or Macabeada, are held annually in Colombia, with Jewish athletes attending from across the country and even elsewhere. This event is about much more than sport, however. The games are a celebration of Jewish life, community, friendship and love. In
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RT @TimesofIsrael: Love, loss and dancing: National Library hosts documentary fest
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Docu.Text event brings Jerusalem five days of film screenings that illuminate Israel and Jewish culture
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RT @FunInJerusalem: Tickets are on sale for DocuText, a documentary film festival in the National Library of Israel. Documentaries from Isr….
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This image might be AI-generated, but in the early 1970s, it was indeed possible to catch a glimpse of Meyer Lansky walking his dog in Tel Aviv. Read more in our article:
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RT @HJudaic: šŸ“¢ Call for Applications: PhD and Post-Doc Research Cohort @NLIsrael .āž”ļø Academic year 2025/26.āž”ļøLibrary affiliation + workspac….
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RT @rachelneiman: The Blogs: The National Library of Israel's Astounding Fight Against Failed Media | Josh Levs | The Times of Israel ⁦@NLI….
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From the blog of Josh Levs at The Times of Israel
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This is the story of a beloved song, and its long and winding journey to all of our hearts. The lyrics were written before World War II, by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, many decades before they reached a struggling high school student living in northern Israel, Avigail Uziel, who
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What were people reading in the Land of Israel, just before the Jewish state declared independence?. Join us on July 29 for a special event!. Drawing on rare and forgotten sources from the National Library of Israel collections, this lecture will reconstruct the lively cultural
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RT @WashingtonViews: Via @NLIsrael - @HilleltheScribe "When Meyer Lansky Walked His Dog in Tel Aviv -The American-Jewish gangster lived in….
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A book of magic, containing the keys to all knowledge?. In Elizabethan London, Simon Forman was a doctor, astrologer, and magician. In the year 1600, he created a strange and beautiful manuscript, written in Latin and containing dozens of odd, intricate symbols and geometric
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The mountain air is clear as wine.And the scent of pines.Is carried on the breeze of twilight.With the sound of bells. And in the slumber of tree and stone.Captured in her dream.The city that sits solitary.And in its midst is a wall. Jerusalem of gold.And of copper, and of light
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What do "The Chronicles of Narnia" have to do with geopolitics and mental resilience in Israel today?. See our article to read more: .
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