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An image from 'The Campaign,' an investigative documentary examining the anti-Israel Hamas social media campaign (Courtesy)
August 28, 2026, 5:16 am
A new documentary finds orchestrating hands behind global online hate after October 7
‘The Campaign,’ based on Warren Kinsella’s ‘The Hidden Hand,’ weaves in-depth interviews with investigative reporting to reveal a social media movement that spread anti-Israel messaging, fueling antisemitism
By Jessica Steinberg
Rocker Aviv Geffen will perform after the screening of 'Aviv,' Tomer Heymann's documentary about the musician, at the National Library's Docu.Text festival, August 16-20, 2026 (Daniel Aharony)
August 14, 2026, 1:26 pm
Documentary film fest to open at National Library for 11th year
Docu.Text, running August 16-20, will feature 25 films, with premieres, filmmaker talks and live performances by Aviv Geffen and other Israeli artists
By Jessica Steinberg
US President Harry Truman's pen on display at the National Library of Israel for America's 250th (Courtesy)
July 2, 2026, 5:15 pm
National Library of Israel marks America’s 250th birthday
Jerusalem institution creates exhibit of rare American artifacts, lecture series and online offerings
By Jessica Steinberg
Amir Tibon (L) and his book, “The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands." (Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature)
June 16, 2026, 5:34 pm
Journalist Amir Tibon wins Sami Rohr Prize for book on his family’s Oct. 7 survival
2026 Jewish literature prize awarded for book recounting how Tibon’s father, a retired IDF major general, saved his son and family during the massacre in Kibbutz Nahal Oz
By ToI Staff
Hebrew Book Week at Tel Aviv's Sarona in 2025 (Courtesy)
June 8, 2026, 4:48 pm
Culture events called off in wake of Iranian missile attacks
Hebrew Book Week opening and inaugural Theater Award ceremony are postponed, many museums close doors
By Jessica Steinberg
A kosher cookbook from 1846, titled titled "The Jewish Manual of Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette," acquired by the National Library of Israel. (Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel)
May 22, 2026, 4:32 pm
National Library acquires world’s earliest known kosher cookbook
The 1846 volume, believed to have been compiled by Lady Judith Montefiore, includes some of the earliest documented cheesecake recipes in Jewish culinary literature
By ToI Staff
Interior view of the new National Library of Israel, 2023. (Iwan Baan/File)
May 13, 2026, 11:18 am
Four authors named as finalists for Sami Rohr Prize
Jewish literature awards ceremony, held in association with National Library, to take place in Jerusalem this July
By Jessica Steinberg
Visitors at the opening of 'As Soon as the War is Over,' at the Bible Lands Museum on February 23, 2026 (Yael Ilan)
March 22, 2026, 4:18 pm
Finding beauty in wartime, museums offer culture to those who can fit in the shelters
Cultural institutions with safe spaces are selling out of tickets to limited numbers of intrepid guests allowed in by the Home Front Command, as Iranian missiles briefly interrupt visits
By Jessica Steinberg
The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, completed in 1415, is set to go on auction on February 5, 2026.(Courtesy of Sotheby’s)
February 5, 2026, 4:13 pm
Rare 15th-century prayer book looted by Nazis expected to fetch millions at auction
Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, completed five years before community’s destruction, going under hammer after being returned to heirs in 2023; expected to sell for $5-7 million
By Rossella Tercatin
Left: An undated entry from British officer Orde Wingate's personal notebook showing his notes in studying Hebrew, now available at the National Library in Jerusalem; Right: A 1944 photograph of British officer Orde Wingate, available at the National Library in Jerusalem. (Orde Wingate Archives, National Library of Israel)
February 5, 2026, 3:01 pm
New Wingate papers shed light on British officer revered in Israel as ‘the friend’
Hebrew study sheets, photos and plans for the formation of a Zionist military are among items recently donated to Jerusalem’s National Library
By Ethan Rubinson
A capital decorated with menorahs dating to the 2nd-4th centuries CE has been uncovered in the Motza neighborhood in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on April 29, 2025. (Arkady Ostrovsky/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 15, 2025, 2:36 pm
Festival of archaeology? Five ways to explore Hanukkah history in Jerusalem
From the arrowheads used by a Greek army to menorahs, the city offers antiquities enthusiasts many opportunities to celebrate
By Rossella Tercatin
Fragment from a Yom Kippur prayer book found in the Cairo Genizah and dating to the 11th or 12th centuries CE. (National Library of Israel collections)
November 25, 2025, 11:13 pm
Scholars transcribe hundreds of thousands of Cairo Geniza fragments, some never read before
The MiDRASH project received an $11.5 million grant to take research on medieval Jewish literature to the next level
By Rossella Tercatin
The final pages of a 14th-century Yom Kippur prayer book including previously unknown liturgical poems unveiled by the National Library on September 25, 2025. (Courtesy of Kedem Auction House)
September 25, 2025, 11:47 pm
14th-century ‘machzor’ book at Israel’s National Library reveals lost Yom Kippur prayers
Newly digitized prayer book from Crimea’s Kaffa rite preserves liturgical poems unknown elsewhere, giving a glimpse of traditions lost when prayers were largely standardized
By Rossella Tercatin
Memorial stickers that have appeared around Israel since October 7, 2023 (Credit: Youval Hai Shai Sharabi)
September 25, 2025, 11:35 pm
National Library asks public for Oct.7-related memorial stickers, documents
Bearing Witness is institution’s ongoing project documenting October 7 and its aftermath
By Jessica Steinberg
The Musaf prayer for Rosh Hashanah in a page of the rare 15th century Lisbon Mahzor now at the National Library of Israel. (Courtesy Kedem Auction House via JTA)
September 21, 2025, 1:01 pm
15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book completed with discovery of lost pages
Rare manuscript was divided into 3 sections at some point in history; final 2 parts found when they came up for auction, were purchased on behalf of National Library of Israel
By Grace Gilson
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