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@NLIsrael
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  • @NLIsrael
    National Library of Israel
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    Oct 8
    What if, despite the most sophisticated technology out there, the only real way to stay in touch with loved ones from the battlefield is old-school pen and paper? This is what Dudi Alon, a National Library employee serving as an IDF reservist, discovered. During the first month
    Master Sergeant (res.) Yaniv Oren, Z”L, featured here, was a fellow unit member and friend of current National Library employee, Dudi Alon. As shown, Oren made a point of writing many letters to people back home and to the youth he mentored at the boarding school in Kibbutz Ein Gedi.
  • @NLIsrael
    National Library of Israel
    @NLIsrael
    Sep 22
    Spot the cat in the sukkah! This painting of a Jewish family celebrating Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) in Germany dates all the way back to 1867! It is a work by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, one of the most famous Jewish artists of the 19th century, who established a reputation
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  • @NLIsrael
    National Library of Israel
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    Sep 17
    Created on the eve of a community’s destruction, the Lisbon Mahzor survived the horrors of persecution and expulsion, and then wandered the world as one of the few surviving treasures of a rare religious and artistic tradition. At some point along the way, its three volumes were
  • @NLIsrael
    National Library of Israel
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    Sep 6
    Was the Song of Songs inspired by ancient Egyptian love poems? Read more here: nlisrael.org/nature_love *** This article is presented in celebration of the European Days of Jewish Culture, in cooperation with the National Library of Israel's Gesher L'Europa (A Bridge to Europe)
  • @NLIsrael
    National Library of Israel
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    Aug 27
    Did you know that Martin Luther King planned to make a pilgrimage to Israel? Read the full story here: nlisrael.org/mlk1