Chuck Norris, photographed in Israel on the set of "The Delta Force", 1985
May his memory be a blessing
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It was perhaps the most extravagant banquet in modern history.
It also helped bring about the rise of the ayatollahs, all in the name of a ruler who had died 2,500 years earlier.
The year was 1971. Iran’s last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, chose to mark 2,500 years since the founding of the Achaemenid Empire with an extraordinary celebration.
The Shah saw modern Iran as the heir to the ancient Achaemenid Empire, and himself as a “new Cyrus.”
But who exactly was Cyrus? Why does a Persian king who died 2,500 years ago still shape our world today?
And why is his name still invoked in present-day discussions about Iran?
Read our article to learn more: nlisrael.org/3P7EKuF
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"People say, 'How would you like to be remembered?' I don't want to be remembered. Gimme a break. What I want is to hear what's great about me now. Let me hear it! In the box you don't hear these eulogies."
- Jerry Lewis
And yet, here we are, remembering Jerry Lewis, the Jewish-American comedian and performer, who was born exactly 100 years ago.
Read our article here: nlisrael.org/4rCwv7p
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Image: Jerry Lewis and Stella Stevens in a publicity photo for "The Nutty Professor", 1963, Public Domain
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Daniel Taub, Chair of the Rabbi Sacks Legacy in Israel, was a guest on the National Library of Israel's podcast, "Talk in the Library!"
He discussed the life and legacy of Rabbi Sacks, one of the great moral voices of our era.
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This photograph was taken at the National Library of Israel's Circulation Desk, on the day of its opening to the public on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Givat Ram campus.
That was back in 1960, 66 years ago!
We have since moved to our new building across from the Knesset.
The Library itself has existed for much longer by the way, (established in 1892), at several different locations across Jerusalem.
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Finding religious Jewish books written by women is not easy.
It’s even harder to find halachic discussions in Jewish legal literature where the woman’s perspective is decisive, determining halacha for future generations.
Nevertheless, there are dozens of books of “Techinot” – entreaties or pleas – written by and for women.
Who were the women who wrote such books, and how common were they?
Who was the woman who determined the accepted form of prayer—and what did she pray for?
Read more in our article: nlisrael.org/3OZrsQE
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When Sherlock Holmes met the Maharal of Prague:
How did a well-known rabbi in the early 20th century “convert” an Arthur Conan Doyle detective story and present it as an ancient manuscript discovered in an imaginary library?
Read more about "Sherlock Holmes and the High Priest’s Breastplate", here: nlisrael.org/3PjjjGI
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A rare scroll of the Book of Esther, believed to have been penned in mid-15th century in the Iberian Peninsula. (National Library of Israel)
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These wonderful illlustrations are taken from a 400-year-old Esther Scroll created in Ferrara, Italy.
The scribe and illustrator of the scroll was Moshe ben Avraham Pascarol, whose style was influenced by Renaissance art. The illustrations served to offer ecouragement to the local Jewish community in times of trouble.
Read more about this historic work from the National Library collections here: nlisrael.org/4r6rHGY
Happy #Purim!
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Illustrated Megillat Esther Ferrara,Italy 1616. Located in the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.
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The people of the book.
Israel's National Library staff moving manuscripts and national treasures to safety as the Islamic Republic of Iran fires missiles at Israel.
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Just hours after Israeli Air Force planes set out on Operation “Roaring Lion,” a special team from the National Library of Israel embarked on its own urgent mission: Relocating the treasures displayed in our exhibitions to a secure underground shelter. Sadly, our staff have become all too familiar with this process, having evacuated exhibition items several times over the past two years. Yesterday morning, within just an hour and a half, our rare and invaluable treasures were carefully transferred to the Rare Items vault, the safest place in the National Library. “We work quickly, but gently and calmly, so that nothing slips from our hands,” explains Marcela Szekely, Head of Conservation at the Library. “Now the treasures are secure. Even if, heaven forbid, a missile were to strike the Library, the treasures themselves would remain unharmed.”
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Just hours after Israeli Air Force planes set out on Operation “Roaring Lion,” a special team from the National Library of Israel embarked on its own urgent mission:
Relocating the treasures displayed in our exhibitions to a secure underground shelter.
Sadly, our staff have become all too familiar with this process, having evacuated exhibition items several times over the past two years. Yesterday morning, within just an hour and a half, our rare and invaluable treasures were carefully transferred to the Rare Items vault, the safest place in the National Library.
“We work quickly, but gently and calmly, so that nothing slips from our hands,” explains Marcela Szekely, Head of Conservation at the Library. “Now the treasures are secure. Even if, heaven forbid, a missile were to strike the Library, the treasures themselves would remain unharmed.”
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Isaac Newton, notes in Latin and Hebrew on the End of Days, from the Israel National Library collections @NLIsrael
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Kafka’s Hebrew vocabulary homework, 1923
… including the word “pest” — נגף״
From the Israel National Library exhibit, Shaul Hamelech light rail station, Tel Aviv
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Why has a Hebrew poem written 56 years ago by Yehuda Amichai recently resurfaced in the music of iconic Irish rock band @U2, as well as a sermon by Pope Leo XIV?
It was written in Israel during a lull between wars, and it scorns official ceremonies and treaties with their “heavy stamps” and exalted promises.
Learn more about Amichai's inspirational poem, "Wildpeace", here: nlisrael.org/4sbBr3N
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Photo: Yehuda Amichai and his son, 1985. The Aliza Auerbach Archive at the National Library of Israel
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Natan Sharansky was freed from Soviet captivity in February of 1986.
Jewish unity helped to bring about his release, and he says it remains key today.
In this interview, Sharansky reflects on his own family's practice of marking the occasion, which may hold a lesson for many of us: nlisrael.org/4rqpNSz
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After 750 years and a daring rescue from the Gestapo, the Worms Machzor has found a home at the National Library in Jerusalem. Hidden in a cathedral tower to survive the Holocaust, this 1272 masterpiece stands as a testament to Jewish resilience.
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Throwback: Girl praying at the Western Wall in 1974, just 7 years after the reunification of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War and the Jewish people were once again free to experience their holiest city. 🇮🇱❤️
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Now online: Between Hamburg and Jerusalem
A new digital exhibition traces the material remains of German-Jewish history in the early 20th century, based on archives digitised together with the National Library of Israel and developed together with the IGdJ
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The winter of 1950 was a memorable one in Israel, as on February 6 the citizens of the normally warm coastal city of @TelAviv were shocked and delighted to find a thick layer of snow covering their streets and buildings!
Note that this snowman is standing in front of a theater showing a Hebrew production of Hamlet☃️😁
Photo by Rudi Weissenstein, part of the Photohouse Collection.
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