Tag: Archives
Seattle grant brings Sephardi treasures to light in J’lem’s National Library
How often have you heard about discoveries of artifacts hidden in an attic for decades that turn out to be gems of historical significance? Multiply that on a grand scale and that’s what happened...
The secret archive of the Iraqi Jews
Dr. Harold Rhode spoke at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda, near Ben-Gurion Airport, on Tuesday, delivering an extensive lecture regarding his central role in the rescue and preservation of an immense...
Yad Vashem partners with genealogy database to boost access to Holocaust records
New York City’s Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and its genealogy affiliate JewishGen has announced a new partnership with Yad Vashem that will enable the public to gain more access...
Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture comes to National Library of Israel
Clinton Bailey has conducted research in the deserts of Sinai and the Negev over the past five decades, establishing himself as a world-renowned expert on the Bedouin.
The Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture is...
Archival collection of Hannah Senesh comes to National Library of Israel
In 1944, the Jewish, Hungarian-born paratrooper Hannah Senesh (Szenes) was parachuted into occupied Europe by the British in a desperate attempt to save Hungarian Jews from the Nazi death camps. Captured, tortured and executed...
Israel Film Archive digitalizes extensive collection, starts to release films online
After years of work on digitizing its collection of Israeli film clips, the Israel Film Archive (IFA), part of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, is beginning to share its collection online with the goal of eventually...