{"id":9275,"date":"2017-01-16T22:41:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-dev.nli.org.il\/home-page\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:46:31","slug":"the-blog-of-the-national-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home page"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"direction:ltr;display:none;\">\n    Array\n(\n    [0] => 3067\n)\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"component-block_2bdb7b17cc090d617898547c6aeed2bc\" class=\"section main-articles\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                    <header class=\"section-header\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"section-title\">\n                        Top Stories                    <\/h2>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"section-main grid\">\n            <div class=\"main-center g-col-12 g-col-lg-6\">\n                <article class=\"full-item  post-196510 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-land-of-israel tag-october-7\" id=\"post-196510\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/nir_oz_stables\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"\u201cWe Can\u2019t Take Anymore Death \u2013 We Need Some Life Here\u201d: Rebuilding the Nir Oz Stables\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832.jpeg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832-794x600.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832-768x581.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/nir_oz_stables\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"\u201cWe Can\u2019t Take Anymore Death \u2013 We Need Some Life Here\u201d: Rebuilding the Nir Oz Stables\">\n                        \u201cWe Can\u2019t Take Anymore Death \u2013 We Need Some Life Here\u201d: Rebuilding the Nir Oz Stables                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Even decades after leaving Kibbutz Nir Oz, Galya Shishitzky (n\u00e9e Zahavi) never missed an opportunity to ride her beloved horses when she returned to visit. The stables, and the man who ran them, Churchill, held a special place in her heart. On October 7, when Churchill was murdered and the horses were abducted, everything changed. Like many members of Nir Oz, Shishitzky stepped up to help the kibbutz when it mattered most, becoming one of those who worked to rebuild the stables.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">12.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-196510 -->\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"main-left g-col-12 g-col-lg-3 order-lg-first grid\">\n                <article class=\"title-item g-col-6 g-col-lg-12 post-196388 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-land-of-israel tag-national-library-of-israel tag-october-7\" id=\"post-196388\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/catalogers_oct-7\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Guardians of Memory: The Catalogers Who Care for the Victims of October 7\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        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class=\"entry-date\">11.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-196388 -->\n<article class=\"title-item g-col-6 g-col-lg-12 post-196334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-idf tag-october-7\" id=\"post-196334\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/dudi_alon_october-7\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"An Unexpected Comeback: Handwritten Letters From the Battlefield\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/dudi_alon_october-7\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"An Unexpected Comeback: Handwritten Letters From the Battlefield\">\n                        An Unexpected Comeback: Handwritten Letters From the Battlefield                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">06.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-196334 -->\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"main-right g-col-12 g-col-lg-3 grid\">\n                <article class=\"meta-item g-col-12 post-196265 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-october-7\" id=\"post-196265\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/zaka_volunteers\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"True Loving-Kindness: From the National Library to ZAKA Volunteering\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-2.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-2-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-2-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-2-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/zaka_volunteers\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"True Loving-Kindness: From the National Library to ZAKA Volunteering\">\n                        True Loving-Kindness: From the National Library to ZAKA Volunteering       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href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/transforming_bomb_shelters\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Artists Transforming Northern Israel\u2019s Bomb Shelters\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832.jpeg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832-794x600.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832-768x581.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a 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https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/832-629-blog-1-2-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/832-629-blog-1-2-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/first_elephant\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Trials and Tribulations of the First Hebrew Elephant\">\n                        The Trials and Tribulations of the First Hebrew Elephant                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/natig\/\">\n            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srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/kol_nidrei_hollywood\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"When Hollywood First Found Its Voice, It Sang \u201cKol Nidre\u201d\">\n                        When Hollywood First Found Its Voice, It Sang \u201cKol Nidre\u201d                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        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class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832.jpeg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832-794x600.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/horse832-768x581.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/nir_oz_stables\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"\u201cWe Can\u2019t Take Anymore Death \u2013 We Need Some Life Here\u201d: Rebuilding the Nir Oz Stables\">\n                        \u201cWe Can\u2019t Take Anymore Death \u2013 We Need Some Life Here\u201d: Rebuilding the Nir Oz Stables                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Even decades after leaving Kibbutz Nir Oz, Galya Shishitzky (n\u00e9e Zahavi) never missed an opportunity to ride her beloved horses when she returned to visit. The stables, and the man who ran them, Churchill, held a special place in her heart. On October 7, when Churchill was murdered and the horses were abducted, everything changed. Like many members of Nir Oz, Shishitzky stepped up to help the kibbutz when it mattered most, becoming one of those who worked to rebuild the stables.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">12.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-196510 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-196388 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-land-of-israel tag-national-library-of-israel tag-october-7\" id=\"post-196388\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/catalogers_oct-7\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Guardians of Memory: The Catalogers Who Care for the Victims of October 7\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-11-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/catalogers_oct-7\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Guardians of Memory: The Catalogers Who Care for the Victims of October 7\">\n                        Guardians of Memory: The Catalogers Who Care for the Victims of October 7                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                \u201cThinking about all the names is more than I can bear. But there is one name I cannot forget: a police officer who was killed in Sderot and who, by coincidence, was born one day before me.\u201d\n\nDr. Ahava Cohen and Ester Taga, managers in the cataloging department at the National Library of Israel, were the ones who, after October 7, received the list of the 1,200 people murdered in the attacks and the task of creating a computerized authority record for each of them in the Library\u2019s databases so that their memory would be preserved forever.\n            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">11.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-196388 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-196343 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diaspora tag-american-jewry tag-jewish-art tag-october-7\" id=\"post-196343\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/october7_canvas\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"October 7 on Canvas: A Reckoning With Jewish History\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/october7_canvas\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"October 7 on Canvas: A Reckoning With Jewish History\">\n                        October 7 on Canvas: A Reckoning With Jewish History                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                U.S. artist Juliet Gilden began by painting the victims and hostages of October 7. Her work soon became a wider exploration of antisemitism, memory, and the Jewish past.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/hillelk\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Hillel Kuttler                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">07.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-196343 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-196334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-idf tag-october-7\" id=\"post-196334\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/dudi_alon_october-7\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"An Unexpected Comeback: Handwritten Letters From the Battlefield\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-3-1-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/dudi_alon_october-7\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"An Unexpected Comeback: Handwritten Letters From the Battlefield\">\n                        An Unexpected Comeback: Handwritten Letters From the Battlefield                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                When Dudi Alon, head of the software development team at the National Library, was called up for reserve duty on October 7, he never imagined that words written from Gaza on torn-out notebook pages would become the bridge to his wife and seven children back home \u2013 children he would not see for many long months.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">06.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-196334 -->\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"component-block_fafc38c6a4c10e67c4bb414f99d55a05\" class=\"section horizontal-articles\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                    <header class=\"section-header\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"section-title\">\n                        Lives Lost: The Works of the October 7 Fallen                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                    <a class=\"section-link\"\n                       href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/tag\/lives-lost\/\"\n                       title=\"More on this subject\"\n                       target=\"\">\n                        More on this subject                    <\/a>\n                            <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"section-main grid\">\n            <article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-181569 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-lives-lost tag-october-7\" id=\"post-181569\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/david_meir\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"David\u2019s Light Still Shines\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/832-629-blog_7.10-en-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"832 629 Blog 7.10 En\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/832-629-blog_7.10-en-1.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/832-629-blog_7.10-en-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/832-629-blog_7.10-en-1-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/832-629-blog_7.10-en-1-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/david_meir\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"David\u2019s Light Still Shines\">\n                        David\u2019s Light Still Shines                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                \u201cTo be able to have coffee whenever we want\u201d &#8211; that was how David Meir, of blessed memory, defined economic independence. He worked to help those around him gain financial literacy. David grew up in the community of Kochav HaShachar, founded by his parents, and served in the IDF&#8217;s elite Sayeret Matkal unit. On October 7, he was among the first to reach the Gaza border communities and was killed in battle at Kibbutz Be\u2019eri. A special edition of the book &#8220;The Psychology of Money&#8221; has now been released in his memory.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/guyp\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Guy Polat                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">05.10.25<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-181569 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-167823 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-lives-lost tag-october-7\" id=\"post-167823\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/remembering_guy_illouz\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"A Musical Gift Left Behind: Remembering Guy Illouz\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-832-629-blog_7.10-en.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"12 832 629 Blog 7.10 En\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-832-629-blog_7.10-en.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-832-629-blog_7.10-en-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-832-629-blog_7.10-en-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-832-629-blog_7.10-en-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/remembering_guy_illouz\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"A Musical Gift Left Behind: Remembering Guy Illouz\">\n                        A Musical Gift Left Behind: Remembering Guy Illouz                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Guy Illouz, 26, was carving a career in the music business. Hamas terrorists shot Illouz at the Nova festival and kidnapped him to Gaza. Illouz died there of his wounds.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/hillelk\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Hillel Kuttler                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">14.01.25<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-167823 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-165749 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-lives-lost tag-october-7\" id=\"post-165749\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/shafik\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Remembering Yonatan Richter\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-832-629-blog-7.10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"4 832 629 Blog 7.10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-832-629-blog-7.10.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-832-629-blog-7.10-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-832-629-blog-7.10-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-832-629-blog-7.10-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/shafik\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Remembering Yonatan Richter\">\n                        Remembering Yonatan Richter                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Yonatan (Shafik) Richter was an exceptional person. He lived a life full of practical achievements as well as great spiritual awareness, the kind of life that can serve as an inspiration to us all. He was a family man with a thriving career who also sought greater meaning and hoped to share his insights with others. On October 7 2023, he volunteered as a mental health supporter at the Nova festival, where his life was cut short.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">03.12.24<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-165749 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-165490 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-gaza-border-region tag-lives-lost tag-october-7 tag-the-kibbutz\" id=\"post-165490\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/hannah_kritzman\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Hannah Kritzman: The Storyteller of Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/11-832-629-blog_7.10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"11 832 629 Blog 7.10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/11-832-629-blog_7.10.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/11-832-629-blog_7.10-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/11-832-629-blog_7.10-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/11-832-629-blog_7.10-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/hannah_kritzman\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Hannah Kritzman: The Storyteller of Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri\">\n                        Hannah Kritzman: The Storyteller of Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                At age 15, Hannah Kritzman ran away from home to Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri, where she became a beloved preschool teacher and founded the local children&#8217;s library. 73 years later, on October 7, after spending hours hiding with her caregiver in her safe room, Hannah was shot by a Hamas terrorist, just as the two were being rescued. The memoir she completed shortly before her death offers us a glimpse of what a wonderful woman she was.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">27.11.24<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-165490 -->\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"component-block_6f2689cde99b447401548b0776c3df81\" class=\"section five-articles\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                    <header class=\"section-header\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"section-title\">\n                        Life on the Border: A Tribute to the Communities of the Gaza Border Region                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                    <a class=\"section-link\"\n                       href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/tag\/life-on-the-border\/\"\n                       title=\"More on this subject\"\n                       target=\"\">\n                        More on this subject                    <\/a>\n                            <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"section-main grid\">\n        <article class=\"full-item g-col-6 post-170598 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-gaza-border-region tag-life-on-the-border tag-newspapers tag-october-7 tag-the-kibbutz tag-tu-bshvat\" id=\"post-170598\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/lovers-garden-nir-oz\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Lovers\u2019 Garden of Kibbutz Nir Oz\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/832-629-blog-13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/832-629-blog-13.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/832-629-blog-13-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/832-629-blog-13-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/832-629-blog-13-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/lovers-garden-nir-oz\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Lovers\u2019 Garden of Kibbutz Nir Oz\">\n                        The Lovers\u2019 Garden of Kibbutz Nir Oz                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                A 50-year-old news article illuminates the deep bond between Oded and Yocheved Lifshitz from Nir Oz, who nurtured not only their love but also a unique and remarkable garden in their kibbutz. Both were abducted from their home on October 7, and now Yocheved waits for her beloved Oded\u2019s return.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">12.02.25<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-170598 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-6 post-156118 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-gaza-border-region tag-iraqi-jewry tag-life-on-the-border tag-october-7 tag-zionism tag-israeli-history\" id=\"post-156118\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/farhud_beeri\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"When the Farhud Came to Be&#8217;eri: October 7 and the Legacy of an Iraqi Pogrom\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/832-629-blog-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"832 629 Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/832-629-blog-8.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/832-629-blog-8-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/832-629-blog-8-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/832-629-blog-8-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/farhud_beeri\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"When the Farhud Came to Be&#8217;eri: October 7 and the Legacy of an Iraqi Pogrom\">\n                        When the Farhud Came to Be&#8217;eri: October 7 and the Legacy of an Iraqi Pogrom                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                \u201cWe made Aliyah from Iraq to Israel so that Arabs wouldn&#8217;t be able to enter Jewish homes and murder us,\u201d said Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri members who survived the pogrom known as the Farhud. In Be&#8217;eri, founded in part by Iraqi immigrants, there is a monument to the victims of the Farhud, suffered by the Jews of Iraq over 80 years ago. They couldn\u2019t know that years later, their children and grandchildren would face a similar horror \u2013 but this time, in the Jewish state.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">02.07.24<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-156118 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-4 post-146284 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel category-meragesh-en tag-gaza-border-region tag-land-of-israel tag-life-on-the-border tag-the-kibbutz tag-3068\" id=\"post-146284\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/hoi_nir_oz\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Nir Oz Will Blossom Again: The Story of a Legendary Kibbutz Gardener\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/715Nir_oz_en.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/715Nir_oz_en.jpeg 715w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/715Nir_oz_en-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/hoi_nir_oz\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Nir Oz Will Blossom Again: The Story of a Legendary Kibbutz Gardener\">\n                        Nir Oz Will Blossom Again: The Story of a Legendary Kibbutz Gardener                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                In the early days, members of Kibbutz Nir Oz suffered from terrible sandstorms that made it difficult to move, see and even eat. Ran Pauker, the kibbutz\u2019s legendary landscaper, was called to solve the problem, and along the way, Nir Oz became a green, ecological gem. When asked about the future of the kibbutz that suffered a fatal blow on October 7 &#8211; he says the vegetation will be restored within a year, as for the community: \u201cWe\u2019ll have to wait and see\u201d            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">26.12.23<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-146284 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-4 post-146182 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diaspora category-land-of-israel tag-gaza-border-region tag-history-of-israel tag-israels-wars tag-life-on-the-border tag-war-of-independence tag-3068\" id=\"post-146182\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/hoi_nirim\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"We Shall Return: The Spirit of Kibbutz Nirim Will Prevail\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/715-537-blog-1-en.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/715-537-blog-1-en.jpg 715w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/715-537-blog-1-en-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/hoi_nirim\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"We Shall Return: The Spirit of Kibbutz Nirim Will Prevail\">\n                        We Shall Return: The Spirit of Kibbutz Nirim Will Prevail                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                 &#8220;We shall return&#8221; &#8211; these were the words printed in Hebrew on t-shirts made by the survivors of Kibbutz Nirim. These words embody a history of heroism, pioneering, culture and Zionism which should serve as a model for all of us. Kibbutz Nirim, founded in 1946, faced a desperate battle for its very existence just two years afterwards. It survived then and survives now thanks to the unique spirit of its members.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">18.12.23<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-146182 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-4 post-145114 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-gaza-border-region tag-history-of-israel tag-israeli-culture tag-life-on-the-border tag-3068\" id=\"post-145114\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/ofakim_documentation\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Man Who\u2019s Been Documenting the People of Ofakim Since October 7\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/715-537-blog-1-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/715-537-blog-1-4.jpg 715w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/715-537-blog-1-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/ofakim_documentation\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Man Who\u2019s Been Documenting the People of Ofakim Since October 7\">\n                        The Man Who\u2019s Been Documenting the People of Ofakim Since October 7                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Nadav Mishali founded the cinematheque in the southern Israeli city of Ofakim. His personal story is bound up with that of the city itself and its brave and exceptional residents. Mishali has now taken on an even bigger mission \u2013 to document the stories of hardship and heroism that took place in Ofakim on Saturday, October 7, 2023            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/yaeli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Yael Ingel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">29.11.23<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-145114 -->\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"component-block_320ed635ad216f21fcf3d5b207046292\" class=\"section horizontal-articles\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                    <header class=\"section-header\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"section-title\">\n                        American Jewry                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                    <a class=\"section-link\"\n                       href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/usa250\/\"\n                       title=\"More on this subject\"\n                       target=\"\">\n                        More on this subject                    <\/a>\n                            <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"section-main grid\">\n            <article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-196343 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diaspora tag-american-jewry tag-jewish-art tag-october-7\" id=\"post-196343\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/october7_canvas\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"October 7 on Canvas: A Reckoning With Jewish History\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main832-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/october7_canvas\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"October 7 on Canvas: A Reckoning With Jewish History\">\n                        October 7 on Canvas: A Reckoning With Jewish History                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                U.S. artist Juliet Gilden began by painting the victims and hostages of October 7. Her work soon became a wider exploration of antisemitism, memory, and the Jewish past.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/hillelk\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Hillel Kuttler                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">07.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-196343 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-195477 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diaspora tag-american-jewry tag-diaspora tag-yom-kippur\" id=\"post-195477\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/kol_nidrei_hollywood\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"When Hollywood First Found Its Voice, It Sang \u201cKol Nidre\u201d\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/832-629-blog-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/kol_nidrei_hollywood\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"When Hollywood First Found Its Voice, It Sang \u201cKol Nidre\u201d\">\n                        When Hollywood First Found Its Voice, It Sang \u201cKol Nidre\u201d                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                On the evening after Yom Kippur, October 6, 1927, a film premiered that many consider to be the first full-length talking feature. At its climax, an actual cantor can be heard chanting the prayer \u201cKol Nidre.\u201d How did the film that brought the promise of sound to Hollywood come to focus specifically on the son of a cantor? How was the film received by Jewish communities in the United States and in the Jewish community in the Land of Israel? And why is the film considered controversial in the United States today and largely relegated to the sidelines? Here is how Jewish Hollywood changed the history of the film industry&#8230;            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/guyp\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Guy Polat                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">16.09.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-195477 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-193881 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diaspora tag-american-jewry tag-newspapers\" id=\"post-193881\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/september_11_25\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"September 11, 25 Years Later: \u201cA Moment of Collective Trauma\u201d\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/911-832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/911-832.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/911-832-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/911-832-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/911-832-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/september_11_25\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"September 11, 25 Years Later: \u201cA Moment of Collective Trauma\u201d\">\n                        September 11, 25 Years Later: \u201cA Moment of Collective Trauma\u201d                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                When reflecting on the most lethal terrorist attacks ever to take place in the United States, the parallels with Israel&#8217;s own recent history come into focus.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/hillelk\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Hillel Kuttler                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">01.09.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-193881 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-193494 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-general tag-american-jewry tag-jewish-culture\" id=\"post-193494\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/mlk\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Recalling the March on Washington and a Pilgrimage That Never Was\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mlk832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mlk832.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mlk832-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mlk832-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mlk832-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/mlk\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Recalling the March on Washington and a Pilgrimage That Never Was\">\n                        Recalling the March on Washington and a Pilgrimage That Never Was                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                American civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King was a supporter of Zionism, who even planned to lead a delegation to Israel and hold a service near the Sea of Galilee.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/hillelk\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Hillel Kuttler                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">23.08.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-193494 -->\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"component-block_bf05380ae3acbfdacddf23f7b935ae44\" class=\"section horizontal-articles\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                    <header class=\"section-header\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"section-title\">\n                        History of Israel                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                    <a class=\"section-link\"\n                       href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/tag\/history-of-israel\/\"\n                       title=\"More on this subject\"\n                       target=\"_blank\">\n                        More on this subject                    <\/a>\n                            <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"section-main grid\">\n            <article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-195888 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-history-of-israel tag-jewish-art tag-october-7\" id=\"post-195888\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/transforming_bomb_shelters\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Artists Transforming Northern Israel\u2019s Bomb Shelters\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832.jpeg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832-794x600.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shelters832-768x581.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/transforming_bomb_shelters\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Artists Transforming Northern Israel\u2019s Bomb Shelters\">\n                        The Artists Transforming Northern Israel\u2019s Bomb Shelters                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Ever since the October 7 war began, an immigrant couple,  who arrived in Israel shortly beforehand, have created bright scenes on otherwise drab concrete, transforming ominous structures into art.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/hillelk\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Hillel Kuttler                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">04.10.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-195888 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-194649 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-history-of-israel tag-newspapers\" id=\"post-194649\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/first_elephant\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Trials and Tribulations of the First Hebrew Elephant\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/832-629-blog-1-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/832-629-blog-1-2.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/832-629-blog-1-2-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/832-629-blog-1-2-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/832-629-blog-1-2-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/first_elephant\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Trials and Tribulations of the First Hebrew Elephant\">\n                        The Trials and Tribulations of the First Hebrew Elephant                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Even before setting foot in the country, he demanded VIP treatment, had to \u201ccall in sick,\u201d and inspired poems of praise by the poet Leah Goldberg&#8230; Here is the story of Bungo, the first Zionist elephant, who taught the Tel Aviv Zoo an important lesson about married life.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/natig\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Nati Gabbay                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">22.09.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-194649 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-123847 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-history-of-israel tag-israeli-culture tag-jewish-folklore tag-jewish-holidays tag-jewish-music tag-music\" id=\"post-123847\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/hoi_songofsongs\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"An Eternal Love Song: 10 Classic Israeli Hits Inspired by the &#8220;Song of Songs&#8221;\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/715-537-blog-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/715-537-blog-5.jpg 715w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/715-537-blog-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/hoi_songofsongs\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"An Eternal Love Song: 10 Classic Israeli Hits Inspired by the &#8220;Song of Songs&#8221;\">\n                        An Eternal Love Song: 10 Classic Israeli Hits Inspired by the &#8220;Song of Songs&#8221;                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                A tour through the Bella and Harry Wexner Libraries of Sound and Song &#8211; Legacy Heritage Foundation at the National Library of Israel reveals the biblical Song of Songs is ever-present in contemporary Israeli music            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/racheln\/\">\n                    <span>\n                        Rachel Neiman                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">01.09.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-123847 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-193452 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land-of-israel tag-history-of-israel tag-newspapers\" id=\"post-193452\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/south_korea\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Between Seoul and Jerusalem\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koreanwar832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koreanwar832.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koreanwar832-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koreanwar832-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koreanwar832-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/south_korea\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Between Seoul and Jerusalem\">\n                        Between Seoul and Jerusalem                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Each summer, South Korea marks its independence and the end of its pivotal war. Early on, Israel worked to bring peace to the far-away land.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/hillelk\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Hillel Kuttler                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">12.08.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-193452 -->\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"component-block_ea96409e79173f9fd5cf042a310ac4b5\" class=\"section horizontal-articles\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                    <header class=\"section-header\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"section-title\">\n                        Jewish Communities                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                    <a class=\"section-link\"\n                       href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/tag\/jewish-communities\/\"\n                       title=\"More on this subject\"\n                       target=\"\">\n                        More on this subject                    <\/a>\n                            <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"section-main grid\">\n            <article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-193992 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diaspora tag-american-jewry tag-diaspora tag-jewish-books tag-jewish-communities\" id=\"post-193992\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/the-birth-of-american-jewish-books\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Birth of the American Jewish Book\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/library-832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/library-832.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/library-832-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/library-832-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/library-832-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/the-birth-of-american-jewish-books\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The Birth of the American Jewish Book\">\n                        The Birth of the American Jewish Book                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, we set out on a journey through the books that accompanied the growth of American Jewry \u2013 from small communities that depended on volumes shipped from Europe, to a bible translated into the language of Native American tribes, the earliest books printed in Hebrew in America, and the emergence of one of the world\u2019s major centers of Jewish publishing.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/daniel-l\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           Daniel Lipson                      <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">18.08.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-193992 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-192840 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diaspora tag-american-jewry tag-diaspora tag-jewish-communities tag-jewish-culture tag-october-7\" id=\"post-192840\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/rabbi_angela_buchdahl\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"A Conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buchdahl-832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buchdahl-832.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buchdahl-832-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buchdahl-832-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buchdahl-832-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/rabbi_angela_buchdahl\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"A Conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl\">\n                        A Conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Participants gathered at the National Library of Israel on July 12 to hear a fascinating conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl. The first Korean-born rabbi and cantor in North America, Rabbi Buchdahl is Senior Rabbi of the Reform Central Synagogue in New York City and a major voice today within the American Jewish community. Buchdahl was speaking with Dr. Raquel Ukeles, Head of Collections at the National Library.            <\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n        \n\n        \n<!--        -->        <footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n            <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n                \n                <a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/author\/nli\/\">\n                    <span>\n                           The National Library of Israel                     <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <span class=\"divider\"> | <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"entry-date\">16.07.26<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-192840 -->\n<article class=\"full-item g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-lg-3 post-189570 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diaspora tag-american-jewry tag-antisemitism tag-jewish-culture\" id=\"post-189570\">\n\n    <div class=\"entry-image\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/abe_foxman\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Abe Foxman: A Life Fighting Hate and Shaping Jewish Leadership\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foxman832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Foxman832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foxman832.jpg 832w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foxman832-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foxman832-794x600.jpg 794w, https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foxman832-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/abe_foxman\/\"  rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Abe Foxman: A Life Fighting Hate and Shaping Jewish Leadership\">\n                        Abe Foxman: A Life Fighting Hate and Shaping Jewish Leadership                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n        \n                    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                Foxman, who passed away on May 10, recently deposited his archive at the National Library of Israel. 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