Creating Family Tree

Tzedakah in the Jewish Community

Women's Month

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

Preparing for an Interview

Traditions

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

Chanukah Across the Globe

Story Telling

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

Create a map of your community Jewish institutions that provide services and resources for its members

Chanukah

Community

When Israel Comes Together

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

October 7th

Exploring Identity and Community

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

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Jewish Songs and Prayers. Traditions That Ring a Bell

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

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

Traditions

Shabbat

Welcome to Israel - Let's Learn Some Hebrew!

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

Learning from Primary Sources

Community

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

Jewish Schools. Where in the World?

Story Telling

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

Education

Jerusalem as a Microcosm of Israeli Society

This webinar discusses how learning personal stories can help contextualize and forge connections to grand historical events.

Jerusalem Day

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

European Days of Jewish Culture

Traditions

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.

The National Library of Israel Resources

Video

Creating Family History Projects From Primary Sources

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.

Family

Submitting to the Collective

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

Tu Bishvat Printable Activity

Family

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

Tu Bishvat

What’s Your Exodus Story?

Take a look at three groups of people who saw the Exodus story as inspiration and hope during their own quest for freedom, and share how it resonates with you.

Pesach

Hatikva: Learn More about Israel’s National Anthem

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

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

Yom Ha'atzmaut

Prayer During Wartime

Community

Finding Your Voice in Hatikva

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

A unique Haggadah crafted by American-Israeli artist David Moss four decades ago joins the National Library of Israel’s collection

Yom Ha'atzmaut

Pesach

The National Library of Israel Resources

Teaching Kit

Naomi Shemer Time Capsule

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

Learn Hebrew - Exploring Posters from the Library's Collections

Women's Month

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

Planting a Tree in Israel

Culture

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

Sending Shana Tova Greetings

Tu Bishvat

Explore the tradition of sending Shana Tova cards for Rosh Hashanah through historical examples from the National Library of Israel’s collection.

Rosh Hashanah Worksheet - Exploring Primary Sources

Rosh Hashanah

Explore Rosh Hashanah postcards that tell the story of Israel and discuss the messages they convey.

Create a timeline that tells the story of your community and learn about the people behind these events

Rosh Hashanah

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

Community

Remembering in Real Time

October 7th

Explore the importance of family in our lives and learn about your roots.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

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

A Decade in Review: Yom Ha’atzmaut Posters

Community

Explore the evolution of Israeli society and national identity through a Yom Ha’atzmaut poster from each decade.

Leonard Cohen is Singing for the Soldiers During the Yom Kippur War

Yom Ha'atzmaut

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.

Music

Why Does Your Sukkah Look Like That?

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

Analyzing Memorial Day Poster 2008

Sukkot

Analyze this Yom Hazikaron Poster for Fallen Soldiers. The main image in this poster is a painting by Michael Elkayam.

Yom Hazikaron

Land of Milk and Honey

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

Travelling to a Community

Yom Ha'atzmaut

Research a community to discover its unique history and customs!

Community

The Historic Aliyah of Ethiopian Jews

The unbelievable story of how a record number of people flew aboard a single airplane as part of 1991's Operation Solomon.

Community

October 7 Memorial Wall

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.

October 7th

Teaching the Next Generation

What does Judaism have to say about teaching the next generation?

Bearing Witness | Documenting October 7

Traditions

Help us documenting October 7, 2023 and its aftermath

October 7th

Creating a Family Tree

Discover your roots! Research your family history and create a family tree!

Inside and Outside the Sukkah

Family Day

Learn about Sukkot in the past and connect it to how we celebrate Sukkot today.

Sukkot

Women Power in Times of War

Explore the role of women during the Yom Kippur War.

What Do I Gain from Learning about My Family History?

Yom Kippur

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

Family Day

Unique Torah Scrolls from Across the Globe

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

Jewish Cuisine - A Taste of Community

Traditions

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

Crafting Our Story: Pesach as a Case Study

Community

Learn about several modern Haggadot that expand on the traditional versions with various levels of interpretation and innovation, including references to current events

Pesach

Listening to Jewish Songs and Prayers

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

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

Music

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.

Community

Maccabiah Photo Finish Highlights

Values

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

In this activity, learners discover how family trees can reveal personal histories and help preserve the stories of past and present generations, and create their own family tree

Sports

A Shabbat Moment - Celebrate Shabbat

Family

Compare and contrast a wide variety of artistic depictions of Jews around the world observing Shabbat during the 1800s and early 1900s.

Discover the story of the first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon and reflect his deep sense of responsibility to his family, Judaism, the Jewish people, and the State of Israel.

Shabbat

Ilan Ramon Time Capsule

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

Israel

The National Day of Mourning… and Fundraising?

Culture

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.

Tisha B'Av

Building Jewish Community

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

Exploring Israeli Culture

Community

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

A Year to October 7 | Remembering in Real Time

Yom Ha'atzmaut

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

October 7th

The Passover Seder as Live Action Role Playing

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?

Pesach

A Place to Come Together

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

The Importance of Community

Community

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

Pesach - Crafting Your Story

Community

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

Pesach

El Al Poster of Israel Puzzle

This puzzle features an El-Al poster with a map of Israel. Do you recognize any of the places on the map?

Yom Ha'atzmaut

How a Little Red Flower Became the Symbol of Israel’s Memorial Day

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

Yom Hazikaron

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.

Shavuot

Primary sources - What can you learn from them?

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

Community

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

My Family Origins Through Primary Sources

In this unit you will discuss the difference between primary and secondary sources and the importance of these sources for historical research.

Family

The Importance of Taking Care of Our Trees

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.

Ketubot from Across the Globe

Tu Bishvat

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

Using Persuasive Materials

Community

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

Culture

Purim Megillah - Esther Scrolls from the NLI

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

Chanukah Candle Lighting in the IDF

Purim

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

Chanukah

Historical Jewish Press

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

The National Library of Israel Resources

Source Sheet

Keeping the Community Together

Who is responsible for maintaining harmonious relations within the community?

Community

Create your own Shana Tova Card!

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

Rosh Hashanah

Between Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron

This on-demand webinar explores the centrality of rituals in Israeli culture and discusses new initiatives for commemoration.

Yom Hashoah

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

Chanukah

Experimental artificial intelligence (AI)-based search in the National Library's image database

The National Library of Israel Resources

Game

Why are there Jewish Newspapers?

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

Sigd - Learn More Through Trivia

Community

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

Sigd

Women's Role in the 40s

Match the clue to the image on this 1949 WIZO election poster and reflect on how the early Zionist vision of equal work compares to today.

Women's Month

Eliezer Ben Yehuda Time Capsule

Step into Ben Yehuda’s mission to bring Hebrew back to life as you invent new words, enjoy interactive word games, and grow your Hebrew vocabulary.

Oneg Shabbat - A Shabbat Celebration

Leaders

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

Chanukah Advertising in Israel

Shabbat

Since when does Simon the Macabbee promote citrus fruits?! Explore some funny and interesting advertisements connected to Chanukah.

Interviewing a Community Leader

Chanukah

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

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

Community

Israeli Athlete Ester Roth-Shahamorov

Maps

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

Five-Hundred Years in the Life of the Amon Family

Sports

From the surrender of Spain to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent and beyond, they were there

Story Telling

Tu Bishvat Stamp Poster Puzzle

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

Israel National Emblem: How was It Chosen?

Tu Bishvat

It was a close competition between artists to see who would receive the honor of designing the National Emblem

Yom Ha'atzmaut

Match traditional garments with the Jewish community they are from

Food Advertising in Israel

Community

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

Oral History – Learning History to Learn About Ourselves

Culture

Record a meaningful oral history of a family member and get a personal glimpse into historical events, as well as our own history and identity.

Tu Bishvat Protected Trees Puzzle

Family

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