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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

British Library

Ex-Labour MP Joan Ryan in Jerusalem, December 15, 2019. (courtesy Sivan Farage)
June 30, 2021, 11:11 am
Former Labour MP: Corbyn’s continued denial of antisemitism makes him culpable
After quitting UK party in protest against Jew-hatred under Jeremy Corbyn, onetime parliamentarian Joan Ryan will head the new branch of a nonprofit bolstering Europe-Israel ties
By Robert Philpot
Response of Jacob Rafael of Modena, to a question relating to Jewish marriage law that might apply in the divorce of King Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon. Italy, 1530. Arundel MS 151, ff. 190-191v. (British Library Board)
December 3, 2020, 6:23 am
Don’t divorce her: Rabbi’s letter to Henry VIII at heart of British Library show
Hebrew manuscript exhibit includes earliest dated copy of the ‘Guide for the Perplexed’ and spans science, law, music, and magic. Viewable online now, and in person from December 3
By Robert Philpot
Depiction of the finding of Moses in the Nile by Pharaoh’s daughter. Hispano-Moresque Haggadah, Spain 1275-1324 (courtesy British Library)
November 21, 2017, 9:33 am
British Library publishes treasure trove of Hebrew manuscripts
New online collection is venerable library’s first bilingual online project, letting users search among 1,300 items in English and Hebrew
By Raphael Ahren
Screen capture of the National Library of Israel's online manuscript archive, August 2, 2017. (National Library of Israel)
August 2, 2017, 4:54 pm
Israel National Library launches digital manuscript archive
45,000 texts spanning the centuries and geography of the Jewish world, captured in over 4.2 million images, are available online
By AP
November 2, 2016, 8:33 pm
Red tape, blunders keep Balfour Declaration away from the homeland it promised
Years after prime minister announced seminal Zionist document, issued 99 years ago today, would be displayed in Tel Aviv, dream of bringing it to Israel mired in renovations and bureaucratic snafus
By Raphael Ahren
A Codex Sinaiticus manuscript, right, the earliest complete New Testament, from 4th century Egypt or Judea on display in the 'Sacred : Discover what we share' exhibition at the British Library in London, Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
August 27, 2015, 8:35 pm
Oldest complete New Testament to go on display at British Museum
‘Egypt: Faith after the pharaohs’ to exhibit holy texts penned on the Nile from three monotheistic religions
By Ilan Ben Zion
A library official shows a 13th-century German prayer book containing the earliest evidence of the Yiddish language, at Israel’s National Library in Jerusalem, October 5, 2014. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
August 3, 2015, 10:41 pm
Israeli-British project makes Hebrew texts available online
A bible dating back more than 1,000 years, Hebrew literature, prayer books, bibles, Talmud to be digitized
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