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Occasionally, on my way home, I pass by a memorial plaque carrying the name of Prof. Menahem Stern, a renown Israeli historian & winner of the Israel prize.
On June 22, 1989 walking from his home to , Prof. Stern was stabbed to death by Palestinian terrorists.
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Only 1 of the killers lived to face trial. At the trial, a note written by Mathilde Rathenau, which “revealed the bleeding, agonized yet forgiving Jewish heart” was read in his defense.
For more on Rathenau, his murder & his mom's forgiveness:
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Walther Rathenau was one of Germany's wealthiest and most powerful men. Millions of #Germans took to the streets after the murder, in an unprecedented act of collective mourning. His body was laid in state in the #Reichstag.
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How central were pogroms to #Jews leaving #Russia 100+ yrs ago?
The answer might surprise you...
"Pogroms in the #Russian Empire and the Great Departure: History and Myth of the Role of Violence in #Jewish Migrations to the West"
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Moroccan songs, curated by women, saved for future generations by of Montreal and preserved by
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One of the worst nightmares for , curator of Judaica collections at the , is that someone downsizing the residence of a senior relative finds a shoe box filled with letters, and throws it in the rubbish. Here’s a story of discovery
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💞Why did a #Persian-#Israeli's book about a forbidden #love affair cause a storm of #controversy?
👩💻Join us ONLINE 26.6 for a convo w/ acclaimed #author !
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Tel Aviv's beaches have been popular for a while now...
This photo was taken 73 years ago!
Photo by Rudi Weissenstein, the Photohouse Collection
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Photo: A. B. Yehoshua, 1995, by Beni Birk, the Dan Hadani Collection, the Pritzker Family National Photography Collection at the National Library of Israel
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A. B. Yehoshua, the author whose name was synonymous with modern Israeli literature, has passed away at the age of 85.
His archive is preserved at
We send our condolences to his family and loved ones.
May his memory be a blessing.
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The new #inbloom & under construction across from the in #Jerusalem, #Israel!
#Architecture:
Credit: Albatross
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#Bestselling #author Noa Yedlin's works have been translated, adapted, & celebrated in #Israel, #Germany, #Sweden, #France & beyond...
Next up in our online series w/ top #Israeli #writers!
June 19. Register now: tinyurl.com/2cfu58m6
#LitFic #booklovers #bookworld
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Throwback to the one and only arriving in #Israel in 1972.
📷 Dan Hadani Collection, Pritzker Family National Photography Collection/
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The Dan Hadani Collection, the Pritzker Family National Photography Collection at the National Library of Israel
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David Ben-Gurion at the Western Wall in #Jerusalem's Old City, decked out in late 60s Israeli fashion...
This photo was taken shortly after the Old City was taken by the IDF during the Six-Day War, 55 years ago.
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#Female #Hebrew #authors eclipse males for the first time, according to our annual report on the #Israeli #publishing industry, out today!
#Israel #Literature #Girlpower !
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Back in the day, these summer trips were popular with Jews living in Mandatory Palestine...
You could leave #Jerusalem on a Thursday, spend a week visiting #Jordan, #Syria and #Lebanon and be back in Jerusalem by the next Thursday!
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Just a reminder to stop and do this every once in a while...
Photo by Asher Benari, 1944, the Bitmuna Collection
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Is this the world's smallest #Torah?
Believe it or not, you can actually #read its #words!
Just how #tiny is it?
Check out the 2nd #clip in our new series for #Shavuot!
#miniature #Jewish #manuscript
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Photos by Uri Bareket, the National Library of Israel
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One of these is a text containing poetry by the 10th-century Arab Shiite poet Al-Sharif al-Radi. This particular copy was commissioned for Fakhr al-Din II, a Druze noble who ruled southern Lebanon and the northern Land of Israel during the late 16th and early 17th centuries!
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Our collections include a number of rare manuscripts,, some of them hundreds of years old, that have historical connections to the local Druze community and its culture...
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On Tuesday, May 31, a group of 30 elders of the Israeli Druze community, led by Sheikh Muafak Tarif, visited the to learn about the Library's treasures and become familiar with its various collections.
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On May 28, 2022, Fusako Shigenobu, the founder and leader of the Japanese Red Army who allegedly instigated the Lod Massacre, was released from Japanese prison after serving 17 years for other terrorism-related charges.
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