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The National Library of Israel, formerly Jewish National and University Library, is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of Israel and of Jewish heritage. The library holds more
The reading room (2023)
Joseph Chazanovitz
B'nai Brith library, Jerusalem
Hebrew university library on Mount Scopus (1925–1937)
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is an Israeli public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, it is the second-oldest institution of hi
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…Compound. Ten years later, the Bet Midrash Abrabanel library, as it was then known, moved to Ethiopia Street. In 1920, when plans were drawn up for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the B'nai Brith collection became the basis for a university library. The books were moved to Mount Scopus when the university opened five years later…
Establishment of the Hebrew University and laying of the cornerstone, 1918
Opening ceremony of Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1925. An image from Younes & Soraya Nazarian library digital collections, University of Haifa
Hebrew University in 1937
Hebrew University campus, 1930s