Explore the role of women during the Yom Kippur War. 

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

This quizz will help you to figure out what Jewish holiday you are!

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

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

Compare historical and recent photographs to discuss the changes that have taken place in Israel over the last 150 years.

Dunek Zloczewski survived Auschwitz, Mengele's selections, harsh labor, and a death march. He built a new life for himself in Israel as Dan Hadani - a photographer and journalist with an important role in documenting the country's history

Photographs of the life and work of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as a politician and family man.

Explore texts and primary sources that address the issue of celebrating in times of crisis (using Chanukah as a case study).

Discover engaging resources for the Yamim with Unpacked for Educators!

Explore different Jewish texts and reflect on your connection to prayer and spirituality.

Learn about the Balfour Declaration, an essential milestone in Israel’s creation, and the people who made it happen.

This is the story of two Jews - from Salonika, or Thessaloniki, in today's Greece - who managed to survive, thanks to a Spanish diplomat and some very brave Greek families.

Letters written by Israeli children during the 1973 war reveal how they experienced one of the nation's most challenging periods.

In the midst of World War I, two old Jews, Chaim Weizmann and General Edmund Allenby teamed up to ensure that the holiday could be celebrated properly...

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

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 traditional, modern and visual texts to reflect on the value of arguing and why it is so important to learn how to disagree.

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

How did newspapers around the world report the birth of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948? How would you announce it today?

Explore an advertisement of the Women's Liberation Movement in Jerusalem campaigning against the 1972 Israeli Beauty Pageant

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.

Take a journey through the works and life of Chana Senesh, Jewish soldier and poet

How much did you notice about the village?

Schlomit Flaum left behind no family, no one to preserve her memory. Yet she did leave something extraordinary—a groundbreaking book, the first Hebrew-language travelogue written by a woman from the Land of Israel

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

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.

Explore Israel’s history and culture through primary sources, creating a visual story, and reflecting on your personal connection to Israel. This activity was created in partnership with The iCenter

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

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

Focus on primary sources and their value since they are immediate, firsthand accounts of a topic or event from people who had a direct connection with it.

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

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

How did the menorah from the temple end up on Israel's emblem, and how is that connected to Chanukah?

Are you a pragmatist or a philosopher? Are you more like Herzl or Weizmann? Find out in this personality quiz!

Print beautiful flags with the Yom Ha'atzmaut posters from the National Library of Israel's collections to decorate your classroom

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.

Shir LaShalom (Song of Peace) was written in 1969. It is very popular in Israel and serves as the unofficial anthem of the Israeli peace movement, particularly since becoming associated with the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

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

Years after chazan (cantor) Zalman Pollack was a star of the Jewish world, his life's work was rediscovered...

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

Discover some interesting items depicting different aspects of Israel through cartoons, posters, and even a recipe booklet for times of emergency

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

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

Discover how Yom Hazikaron is commemorated by analyzing a poster created by Tzipi Berak Biyonsky.

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

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

Help us documenting October 7, 2023 and its aftermath

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

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

In 1977 Farede Yazazao Aklum cooperated with the State of Israel to bring his people home - like the Ethiopian Moses.

Solve the clues, get the key to the party and celebrate Soviet Jewry's contribution to Israeli society!

Watch rare footage taken by pioneer Zionist pilots in pre-state Israel. View the Land of Israel on an aerial tour as you have never seen it before.

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

Explore the concept of moral courage through an examination of the story of the midwives in Exodus and the lives of Holocaust rescuers

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.

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

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.

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

Watch a clip from a parade in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital city, celebrating the very first Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day) in May 1949.

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.

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

Watch how Israeli politics evolved visually throughout history, as we look through different parties and their election materials.

Gil Hovav presents three unique maps of Jerusalem, that depict the city from an unusual point of view.

Explore three rare Haggadot from the NLI's collection with the help of three unusual Seder meal guests!

Who is responsible for maintaining harmonious relations within the community?

The story of Purim has earned recognition for its perceived feminist message. Get a glimpse into the lives of other Jewish women in the past.

Focus on an advertisement as a means to discuss the development of Israeli society and the status of women in Israel since the twentieth century

Learn about this Hungarian Jewish poet and paratrooper who risked her life to save Jews under Nazi rule. (Turn on closed captioning for English subtitles.)

Go back in history and take a look at some of the posters that were created in the early years of the State of Israel.

How might we draw inspiration from great Jewish women's actions to spark change in our communities today and do our part to bring the hostages home?

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

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.

Rachel Cohen-Kagan was one of the most prominent activists for the advancement of women's rights in the young State of Israel. Her efforts led to her being among the signatories of the Declaration of Independence

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.

Learn about Ruth Dayan, Israeli social activist, as an example of how creativity and passion can bring different people together

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.

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.

See how the passage about the Four Sons has been a source of inspiration for illustrators of Haggadot over the centuries.