Gnazim, the Hebrew Writers' Association

The Gnazim Institute of the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel is the largest Hebrew literature archive in the world. Founded in 1951, it contains more than 800 archival collections of writers, poets, essayists and playwrights from the late 19th century to the present. Among the literary artists whose archives are kept in Gnazim are Y.L. Gordon, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Yosef Haim Brenner, Yehuda Burla, Rachel Bluvstein, Esther Raab, Leah Goldberg and Zelda Mishkovsky, as well as well-known contemporary writers including Yona Wallach, Avot Yeshurun, Yehuda Atlas, Nachum Gutman and Yonatan Ratosh. Author Adiva Geffen has served as Chairperson since 2016.

Revealed: Albert Einstein’s Forgotten Assistants

Recently uncovered letters in the Gnazim Archive reveal the extraordinary life stories of two Eastern European Jewish scientists who worked alongside Einstein and helped develop the theory of relativity. This is the story of brilliant minds largely erased from historical memory, and of an archival discovery that brings them back into the light.

The Mysterious Figure Who Mediated Between Zionists and Arabs a Century Ago

Menachem Asher Saphir, a Jerusalem-born journalist and diplomat long forgotten by collective memory, quietly worked behind the scenes to bring the Zionist and Arab leaderships closer in the early 20th century. This is his story.