Ktiv
The International Collection of Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts
The official launch of the Ktiv website took place at the opening of the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem in August 2017.
Ktiv is a groundbreaking initiative to digitally preserve and make accessible the complete corpus of Hebrew letter manuscripts around the globe, in cooperation with leading partners including the British Library, Biblioteca Palatina Parma, the Vatican, the Russian State Library, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, JTS, and many more.
Over 78,000 manuscripts (over 9 million images!) from 578 collections are already accessible on the Ktiv website that features state-of-the-art technologies and exquisitely high-quality images.
Ktiv is a joint venture of the National Library of Israel and the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society, with the support of the Israel Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage’s Landmarks Project.
KTIV>JPRESS
The Historical Jewish Press Project
Spanning two-and-a-half centuries, fifteen languages, and some 20 countries (thus far), the JPRESS platform serves as a digital gateway to Jewish newspapers and journals across continents and generations and now provides access to over 365 titles, 264,000 issues, and nearly 3,000,000 scanned pages from periodicals, viewable in their original layout and fully searchable. The site receives tens of thousands of monthly visits. The JPRESS project was undertaken in partnership with Tel Aviv University with the generous support of project sponsors, and is a collaboration with institutions including the Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU) Library, the Harvard University Library, the National Library of Poland, NYU, the New York Public Library, and others.
JPRESS>Gesher L’Europa
A Bridge to Europe from the National Library of Israel
Gesher L'Europa is an initiative of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe and a key element in the National Library’s journey of renewal that aims to make our treasures open and available to diverse audiences, both in Israel and around the globe, and to encourage engagement with NLI collections in new and meaningful ways.
Gesher strives to position the Library as a virtual and physical hub for international exchange between Israel and Europe, bringing together people with shared interests in Jewish heritage, culture, and education.
Through Gesher, the NLI collaborates with museums, archives, educators, and community professionals, and takes part in festivals and institutions promoting Jewish culture and studies across Europe.
Gesher L'Europa makes Library content and expertise accessible in tangible and practical ways through knowledge sharing, professional training, community engagement, and digital services.
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