אודי אדרי - The Librarians

Udi Edery

Udi Edery is the Social Media Coordinator For the National library of Israel. Udi is a former DJ and producer at "Voice of the Red Sea Radio" in Eilat who has produced dozens of local and international festivals in Eilat and Tel Aviv. More recently, he served as social and digital media director at Shalem College.

Land of Israel

Feeling Israel: Helen Keller in the Holy Land

Land of Israel Udi Edery | 24.06.20 |

“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.”

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Diaspora

Water vs. Corona? Don’t Try This at Home!

Diaspora Udi Edery | 18.05.20 |

Curing diseases, restoring organs, revitalizing the body and even resurrecting the dead! Rare caricatures from 19th-century England prove that strange folk remedies have been with us for a while…

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Diaspora

The Last Resort: The Man Who Saved the World from Two Pandemics

Diaspora Udi Edery | 01.04.20 |

What if you found a vaccine for a deadly disease and no one believed you? What if your only option was to inject yourself with a weakened strain and hope for the best?

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Land of Israel

Making Japanese Washi Paper

Land of Israel Udi Edery | 22.03.20 |

The members of the National Library’s Conservation and Restoration Department make sure they are constantly up to date, even when it concerns the most ancient traditions; recently, they attended a workshop dedicated to the secrets of making Japanese washi paper

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Judaism

Saving a 400 Year-Old Manuscript

Judaism Udi Edery | 19.01.20 |

A 16th-century Yemeni manuscript containing a wonderful illustration of a menorah is being restored in our Conservation and Restoration Department. Come have a look behind the scenes

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