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Chen Malul
Have you come to the library looking for Chen Malul? See that teetering mountain of books that's about to collapse? Chen is right behind it. Hobbies: Reading about history, writing about history, talking about history.
Diaspora, Judaism
Hebrew letters jumbled together and Stars of David in every corner – The National Library is swamped with calls from “collectors” from Arab countries offering “historical manuscripts” that supposedly once belonged to Jewish communities in Islamic lands.
Land of Israel
A look at an incredible series of photographs taken by Hebrew soldiers in Egypt during WWII. Some of these smiling faces would not survive the war – They died during an attempt to save Jewish lives.
Judaism
Does trouble keep coming your way? Maybe it’s just bad luck, or perhaps it’s those pesky demons again…In any case, it’s important to act quickly! That’s why the National Library keeps a collection of magical demon-exorcising bowls created by Babylonian Jews!
Diaspora
Whose test results led Dr. Szondi to declare that “this man has murderous tendencies?”
No one knows the exact origins of the little black suitcase filled with hand-written scrolls now kept at the National Library of Israel.
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