Reflect on the value of solidarity in Jewish tradition and to explore a few examples from different times and places

On Chanukah Jewish kids all over the world play with dreidels. We invite you to discover the origin of the famous Chanukah game.

Music is a powerful language that shapes emotion and meaning. In Hatikva, it expresses hope, identity, and resilience.

Who inspired hundreds of young athletes and continues to be a role model to those who wish to combine a career with motherhood?

Explore primary sources and Jewish texts dedicated to the idea of preserving collective memories by integrating them into everyday life

Listen to the recordings of Chanukah songs from all over the world and learn more about different Jewish communities!

In this activity, learners practice writing and asking thoughtful questions and learn how to conduct themselves during an interview.

What factors come into play when building a Sukkah, and has the structure changed througout history?

Listen carefully to tunes and prayers and guess what communities they are from and what rituals they are part of

What makes Jewish newspapers special and important, and what would you include in yours?

Research a community to discover its unique history and customs!

Share the story of your family object with the National Library of Israel to ensure your story lives on for future generations.

Ever wonder what community leaders do? Now you have the chance to find out!

Yitzhak Rabin served as IDF chief of staff and two terms as prime minister of Israel. On November 4, 1995, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, an extreme right-wing activist who opposed Rabin’s political ideology.

The National Library of Israel annually participates in the European Days of Jewish Culture. Check out exhibitions and educational materials that were developed espesially for this event.

Design your own Shana Tova card inspired by illustrations and texts from historical cards!

When might lighting Chanukah candles be challenging? Learn about how IDF soldiers deal with that question.

Explore what Hevruta learning is and how it is different from other types of learning

Discover unique Torah scrolls that hold the sacred text, and also a fascinating story of community!

Ever wonder what Rabbis do? Now you have the chance to find out

Discover the secrets of the history and evolution of Hatikva. Turn on the closed captioning for English translation.

Reflect on what you have learned during the project and how this impacts on your Jewish identity

Take a closer look at some of the individuals who were involved in the grand historical events that shaped the State of Israel.

Election posters use advertising methods to convey messages. How can we recognize tools used by designers that influence the viewers?

Learn how Israel has absorbed immigrants from around the world and helped them adjust to their new country by teaching them Hebrew.

Design our own tree certificate while learning about the custom of planting trees in Israel.

In this new photographic article you will discover the acts of kindness, solidarity and goodness in the face of evil between Israeli people throughout history

Test your geography skills and discover historical photographs of Jewish schools from all over the world from the NLI collections.

PaRDeS is a traditional four-level framework for Jewish learning. In this activity, the PaRDeS approach has been adapted to help learners engage more deeply with primary sources and explore questions of Jewish identity and peoplehood.

Match Hebrew words with their correct English translations, paying attention to tricky aspects of the language — such as homophones and homographs.

How a women's protest group made a difference by raising the cause of Soviet Jewish political prisoners during the Cold War

In this video, we will give you useful tips on how you can use them in your teaching. Choose any of the NLI's resources and analyze them with your students!

Explore our responsibility to each other within the community and to then try to put what you learned into practice

Through food ads, “get a taste” of the foods that are customary in different Jewish communities

Explore ketubot from different times and places and learn how artistic design can reflect one's values and identity

In this unit we will discuss the importance of trees, the need to take care of the environment and learn about the festival of Tu B’Shvat.

Help us documenting October 7, 2023 and its aftermath

Analyze Israeli advertisements from the 1970s for food and cooking products and gain insight into the social situation at that time.

Practice the skill of zooming in and out and take a closer look at Israel’s cultural life.

Who is responsible for maintaining harmonious relations within the community?

How do we create educational projects that preserve family history? How can primary sources help us achieve this goal? These and other questions were explored in a joint webinar by Centropa and the National Library of Israel. Participants discovered tools and resources for developing meaningful family history projects—and gained fresh perspectives along the way.

Take a close look at a photograph and a text from the Talmud to see what we can learn about trees, the environment, and the future.

Match traditional garments with the Jewish community they are from

What is special about Shabbat and how do you celebrate it?

Explore ways to anchor this difficult time using primary sources that touch upon different aspects of memory and illustrate how Jewish culture has dealt with crises in the past

Passover Seder is essentially the world's oldest Jewish role-playing game, predating "Dungeons & Dragons" by millennia! How did the Sages of yore get us to joyfully participate in Jewish rituals, and what does all this have to do with mutual scallion whippings?

Explore Israel’s agriculture and advertising campaigns that encouraged Israelis to buy certain foods in different time periods.

What does it mean for Jews to live under the laws of the societies in which they reside? This source sheet explores the Talmudic principle of dina d'malchuta dina—"the law of the land is the law"—through a collection of Jewish texts.

In this lesson, learners are introduced to primary sources and the insights they can provide.

Analyze the prayer written in 1809 by Rabbi Moses Sofer as a response to the Austro-Polish War.

Have fun while you expand your knowledge, notice new things and celebrate the beauty of the natural environment that surrounds us. Happy hunting!

Explore the posters about learning Hebrew from the Library's collection and share their comparisons and the effectiveness.

Get a chance to hear recordings from Jewish holiday and life cycle events across time and place.

Light up your Chanukah with 8 different treasures in 8 different languages!

The content varies depending on the group organizing the event and can include a lecture, singing, refreshments, or any other type of entertainment.

October 7 memorial wall, created by the NLI, displays the faces and names of the murdered civilians and fallen IDF soldiers on and since October 7. Both digital and printable version of this wall are now available to download and use at your schools and community centers.

Use primary sources to curate a visual linear story to reflect on your identity as a Jewish athlete

This puzzle features stamps made for Tu Bishvat. Can you identify all the ways to celebrate Tu Bishvat featured on the stamps?

Why is community so important and how can individuals connect and contribute to it?

In this webinar, Shuvi Hoffman will introduce you to several modern Haggadot that expand on the traditional versions with various levels of interpretation

Can you find which biblical events and locations are on these ancient maps of Israel?

Play our trivia game to find out about what Sigd celebrates and how it is marked today.

In the early 20th century, there was a major Zionist effort to turn this day of grief and sadness into one of hope, renewal and redemption.

The story of how the Jewish-Canadian singer-songwriter ended up singing for soldiers and crossing the Suez Canal with the IDF during one of Israel's most desperate hours.

Explore the significance of Hebrew for Jewish culture and peoplehood and reflect on its potential for connecting Jews all over the world.

Explore traditional rituals that are associated with the Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremony, including reading from the Torah and putting on tallit and tefillin.

To Have and to Hold: at the start of their studies, children in Morocco went through a symbolic wedding ceremony to bond them forever with the Torah.

Explore different aspects and functions of the synagogue in Jewish communal life, and reflect on what it means to you!

Explore sources about Jewish communities reciting a prayer for the welfare of the government under which they live, its origins, purposes, and evolving views.

Create your own illustrated scene from the Megillah based on the analysis of historical illuminated manuscripts from the NLI collections.

This puzzle features a poster of protected trees and shrubs in Israel. Can you identify any of the plants shown on the poster?

Explore a collection of Jewish newspapers published in various countries, languages, and time periods.

Discover rare items from the permanent exhibition at the National Library of Israel

Learn about Naomi Shemer’s life, get to know some of her iconic songs and reflect on the texts

Why do Israelis wear the famous Dam HaMaccabim (Blood of the Maccabees) sticker on Yom HaZikaron (Israel's Memorial Day)?

Design your own model community by choosing which infrastructures, organizations, and people are key to a successful Jewish community

Explore the themes of identity and community through the lens of Bar and Bat Mitzvah invitations of the past.

Play a game of bingo to discover the different objects you can find in a synagogue!