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Land of Israel
Rachel Cohen-Kagan was one of the most prominent activists for the advancement of women’s rights in the young State of Israel. Her efforts led to her being among the signatories of the Declaration of Independence
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Diaspora
The true story of the mysterious owner of the Philosopher’s Stone…
Judaism
The Haggadot collection at the National Library is the largest in the world and we’ve collected them here in a special online exhibition.
A Timeless Script in 360°
A glimpse into a Haggadah written for the residents of the displaced persons camp in Munich, illustrated by a Holocaust survivor.
The Valmadonna Collection is a treasure trove of rare Jewish manuscripts. We are proud to present a copy of the Prague Haggadah, one of the earliest published Haggadot in the world.
This is how the Jewish Legion soldiers of the British army set up a Seder in Benghazi, Libya in 1943.
The 16th century editor of the Prague Haggadah had a wicked sense of humor!
According to this Soviet Russian Haggadah, the eternal revolution of Marx and Lenin was responsible for liberating the Jews from the bondage of the bourgeois…
Thousands flock to the annual festival in London to engage in the extraordinary world of Jewish books.
Emmy Noether faced many challenges on her way to fulfill her passion for mathematics, as an educated and Jewish woman in Germany between the world wars.
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