A collection of photographs received by the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People documents the lives of thousands of residents of the town of Bitola, who were sent to Treblinka in 1943
An 18th-Century Washing Machine
In the National Library of Israel’s Edelstein Collection, we discovered evidence of one of the world’s first modern washing machines, dating back to the 18th century
Can You Sell Judaism Like You Sell Toothpaste? The Uproar Over Advertising Jewish life
How Gary Wexler’s ads dealing with the Jewish world took risks and used controversial content to reach non-involved Jews
Feeling Israel: Helen Keller in the Holy Land
“I can’t see you, but I feel you, and I know that you are happy, because you are in your homeland, which is being rebuilt.”
Marcel Marceau: The Legendary Mime Who Saved Jewish Children and Fought Nazis
“Marceau started miming to keep children quiet as they were escaping”
The Mehitza and Separation in the Age of #MeToo
Photographer Myriam Tangi on her ground-breaking photographic essay, “Mehitza: Seen by Women”, which began in 2003 and spanned multiple continents
Rare Pictures: When the Haganah Trained on the Beaches of Tel Aviv
The Haganah’s Camp Yona was located in northern Tel Aviv, on a site occupied by a luxurious hotel today; this was the location for a string of historic events, from the murder of Arlosoroff, to the shelling of the Altalena
Tolstoy and the Jews: It’s Complicated
A glimpse into the legendary Russian author’s relationship with the People of the Book
The Heroine Who Rescued Jewish Girls from Lebanon and Syria
The riots of the “Farhud” in Iraq convinced Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi that time was running out for Jews living in Arab countries in the 1940s
Book Diplomacy: Curt Wormann and the International Librarians
How the former director of the National Library of Israel played a key role in the “book diplomacy” of the 1950s and 60s…
