European housewives who came to the Land of Israel as pioneers needed to learn how to make do with the ingredients available in their new homeland. 

Israel’s founding father won only four seats in his last Knesset run

Robert Lachmann – Between Orientalism and the East

Samuel Solnik, who claimed descent from King David, sought to convince the US and Britain to restore the ancient Kingdom of Israel and place his son on the throne

A gift from the John Pritzker Family Fund will support the digitization and expansion of a world-leading century-old collection of photographs

Identify and tag your friends, family members, and yourselves in these rare photos of school children from the National Library collections, taken between the 1950s and the 1990s

How Israel’s declaration of independence shaped the fate of 69 Jews on an American passenger ship

Fifth Docu.Text film fest kicks off August 18-22 at the National Library of Israel

What (or who) do Mr. Halperin, Rabbi Sassover, and Dr. Konigshoffer have in common? How the head of the Irgun evaded capture by the British Police, time and again