NLI in Europe

Gesher L’Europa

Gesher L'Europa is an initiative of the National Library of Israel and the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe to build bridges between the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem and people, heritage institutions and Jewish communities across Europe through knowledge sharing, cultural and educational programming and storytelling.

What We Do

Preserving Heritage

At the Source

Sharing knowledge to protect Jewish heritage in Europe

Read more

Ephemera

Collecting and preserving contemporary Jewish culture

Read more

I-TAL-YA Books Project

Identifying and cataloging all Hebrew books in Italy

Read more

Judaica Curators' Conference

Collaborating to preserve and curate Jewish textual culture

Read more

Education

Drawing on our world-class collections, the NLI offers a range of educational materials, activities and resources in English, Hebrew, Arabic and French for educators, communities, educational systems and learners of all ages.

"A Look at the Jewish Year", an educational video series from the National Library of Israel. Design by Rotem Cohen-Soaye

Culture & Events

We are proud to offer a constantly evolving roster of rich and innovative cultural programmes developed with leading scholars, artists, musicians and writers, and inspired by the National Library's extensive collections of manuscripts, books, maps, music, archives, posters and more.