Partner
The National Library of Israel is increasingly dedicated to developing a broad range of partnerships and programs throughout the world that foster engagement with our extensive collections and highlight our evolution as a leading global cultural and educational center. We partner with libraries, archives, museums, communities, schools, and other institutions in every area of Israel and across the globe internationally; and the number of collaborations increases from year to year. Large-scale digitization efforts are expanding access to holdings from NLI collections and partner institutions on a worldwide level.
These efforts are central to our mandate and mission to serve as the National Library for both the State of Israel and for the Jewish people worldwide. Click on the maps below to discover just some of the examples of how the National Library is working to fulfill this mission.
International Partnerships
Israeli Partnerships
Image from home page: An imaginary plan of Jerusalem, Romeyn de Hooghe. Amsterdam, 17th century.
Amherst, MA
Collaboration with Yiddish Book Center on digitization efforts, preliminary planning for “Universal Yiddish Library”
Baltimore, MD
Jewish Museum of Maryland - National Library items in Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and Medicine in America exhibition (2016)
Boston, MA
Harvard Library (Judaica Division) - The Israeli Dance Digitization Project, JPress (Historic Jewish Press) Project
Cincinnati, OH
Hebrew Union College - JPress (Historic Jewish Press) Project, Ktiv
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
Columbia University Library – JPress (Historic Jewish Press) Project, Ktiv
Hebrew Union College – Ktiv
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World - National Library items in Romance and Reason: Islamic Transformations of the Classical Past exhibition (2018)
JTS – General agreement of collaboration, major partner in Ktiv
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan - Curating the Past, Creating the Future exhibition highlighting treasures from the National Library, sponsored by Dr. Jacqueline Heller (2017)
Metropolitan Museum of Art - National Library items in Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven exhibition (2016)
New York Public Library – JPress (Historic Jewish Press) Project, Ktiv
New York University - JPress (Historic Jewish Press) Project
Yeshiva University Library – Ktiv
San Francisco, CA
Legion of Honor (San Francisco Fine Arts Museum) - National Library items in Islam and the Classical Heritage exhibition (2018)
Virginia Beach, VA
Simon Family Jewish Community Center - Curating the Past, Creating the Future exhibition highlighting treasures from the National Library (2018)
Washington, DC
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – partnership with CAHJP
Pan-Latin American
Conference of Latin American Network for Jewish Archives (under auspices of NLI Curators Conference, summer 2016) – representatives from 11 institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Israel
Mexico
Guadalajara – Readers photography exhibition (Aliza Auerbach) displayed at the International Book Fair in 2014 and at four additional venues throughout Mexico.
Peru
Survey and digitization of Jewish communal and state archives, partnership with CAHJP
Uruguay
Survey and digitization of Jewish communal and state archives - partnership with CAHJP
Kenya
Jewish communal archives in Nairobi - partnership with CAHJP
Australia
Archives of Australian Jewish communities and organizations - partnership with CAHJP
State Library Victoria – Cultural fellowship learning exchange with NLI staff
Pan-European
European Day of Jewish Culture (annual participation)
Gesher L’Europa
“At the Source” training courses for archivists and librarians working with Jewish materials in institutions throughout Europe
Jewish European Ephemera Collection
Austria
Exhibition on Stefan Zweig and his departure from Europe in the 1930’s, Vienna Theatre Museum (2014)
Austrian National Library: Vienna – Ktiv, joint digitization projects
Vienna community archives – partnership with CAHJP
Belgium
“At the Source” participation from Jewish Museum Belgium, Brussels
Croatia
“Zagreb Project” – Partnership with the Croatian Jewish Community to catalogue and document 6800 books held by the community
Czech Republic
“At the Source” participation from Jewish Museum Prague
Archives of Czechoslovakian Jewish community and organizations - partnership with CAHJP
Estonia
State archives in Tallinn and Tartu - partnerships with CAHJP
France
Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF), Paris – General agreement of collaboration between the two institutions (2012), partner in Ktiv
Musée du Louvre - NLI’s autographed Rambam manuscript showcased in exhibition on Medieval Morocco (Le Maroc Médiéval 1053-1465) (2014)
Victor Klagsbald Collection, Paris – Ktiv
"At the Source” participation from Alliance Israelite Universelle Library, Paris
Alliance Israelite Universelle archives - partnership with CAHJP
Georgia
Survey and digitization of Jewish-related archives
Germany
NLI items on exhibit in Berlin Jewish Museum (2016)
NLI items on exhibit in Neues Museum, Weimar (2016)
Bavarian State Library, Munich - Ktiv
Berlin State Library – Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin - Ktiv
Leipzig University Library, Leipzig - Ktiv
The Hamburg State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky, Hamburg – Ktiv
“At the Source” participation from Jewish Museum Berlin
Hundreds of community and organizational archives from towns and cities throughout Germany – partnership with CAHJP
Hungary
Library and Information Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest – Ktiv
State archives - partnership with CAHJP
Italy
International symposium “Venice and the Hebrew Book” at the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice; rare items included in exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale/Doge’s Palace, “Venice, the Jews, and Europe,” gala evening in Venice to celebrate the exhibit (July 2016)
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze – Ktiv
Palatina Library, Parma – Ktiv
Vatican Library, Vatican City – Ktiv
“At the Source” participation from Biblioteca Rosenthaliana, U of Amsterdam; Ets Haim – Livraria Montezinos, Jewish Historical Museum
Community archives from throughout Italy – partnership with CAHJP
Latvia
“At the Source” participation from Latvian State Historical Archives, Riga
State archives in Riga – partnership with CAHJP
Lithuania
“At the Source” participation from National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius
State archives and special archives in Vilnius - partnerships with CAHJP
Regional archives in Kaunas - partnership with CAHJP
The Netherlands
Ets Haim - Livraria Montezinos, Amsterdam - Ktiv
“At the Source” participation from Biblioteca Rosenthaliana, University of Amsterdam; Ets Haim – Livraria Montezinos, Jewish Historical Museum
Poland
National Library of Poland - JPress (Historic Jewish Press) Project
“At the Source” participation from Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
Community and organizational archives from towns and cities throughout Poland – partnership with CAHJP
Spain
NLI first in a series of world libraries to present a digital exhibition featuring treasures from collections at the Casa del Lector, Madrid, in an exhibition entitled, “The National Library of Israel: A Memory Deposit” (2014)
Sweden
Stockholm – Paideia, European Institute for Jewish Studies Stockholm - Study days at NLI in 2014, 2015; developing into NLI immersion course for Paideia in 2016-17
Switzerland
René Braginsky Collection, Zurich – Ktiv
Archives of Jewish communities, organizations, and newspapers - partnership with CAHJP
Ukraine
“At the Source” participation from Centre for Study and History and Culture of Eastern European Jews, Mohyyla Academy; Ukrainian Book Chamber; V Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, Kiev
State archives in Kiev and Lviv - partnerships with CAHJP
Regional archives throughout the country - partnerships with CAHJP
United Kingdom
Introduction of NLI materials into Jewish educational institutions in London and throughout the UK (2015-present)
Participation in Limmud Conferences 2014 and 2016
Sessions featuring NLI speakers / materials (2017, 2018, 2019) and launch of Ephemera booklet at London Jewish Book Week (2017)
Provision of source materials for official Balfour-100 website, primary source package for informal education
The British Library, London - major partner in Ktiv
Former Soviet Union
FSU: Jewish European Ephemera Collection
National Library of Russia, St Petersburg - Ktiv
“At the Source” participation from Institute of Oriental Manuscripts at the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersberg
North
Department of Theatre and the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa - The Visual and Performing Arts Digitization Project (theater)
Haifa University and The Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa - The National Authority Database
Kinneret College, Degania Bet; Oranim College, Kiryat Tivon; ORT Braude College, Carmiel; Tel Hai College, Kiryat Shmona; Western Galilee College, Akko – The National Authority Database
Haifa University and Tsofen NGO – LibArab Mobile App development program
Haifa University Museum - NLI items loaned for exhibition
Middle schools in Haifa, Kiryat Ata, Kiryat Tivon, Kiryat Yam, Ma'ale Yosef, Migdal Haemek, Nir Etzion, Tiberias, Tirat HaCarmel, the Upper Galilee – My Smart Bookshelf
Middle schools in Haifa, Kaduri, Kiryat Haim, Misgav, Zichron Yaakov - Shear Ruach humanities enrichment program
Coastal Plain
Batsheva Dance Company, Tel Aviv - The Visual and Performing Arts Digitization Project (dance)
Shenkar School for Engineering, Design and Art, Tel Aviv - The Visual and Performing Arts Digitization Project (design)
Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan; The William Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv; Yad ha-Rav Zrihan, Elad – Ktiv
Beit Ariela, Levinsky College, Seminar HaKibbutzim, and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv – The National Authority Database
Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan; Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba; College of Management, Rishon Lezion - The National Authority Database
Tel Aviv University (Professor Emeritus Yaacov Ro’i) – Refusenik interview project
Tel Aviv University - JPress (Historic Jewish Press) project and website
Open University, Tel Aviv – Agreement on Internet archiving
Israeli Center for Libraries, Bnei Brak – library services, cataloging consultation and ongoing support and training, cooperative creation of content
Petach Tikva Museum of Art – NLI items loaned for exhibition
Tel Aviv Museum of Art - NLI items loaned for exhibition
Middle schools in Ashdod, Ayanot Youth Village, Bat Yam, Bnei Brak, Hakfar Hayarok, Herzliya, Hod Hasharon, Holon, Kochav Yair, Mikve Israel, Ness Ziona, Netanya, Petach Tikva, Raanana, Ramat Gan, Rehovot, Rishon Lezion, Rosh Haayin, Tel Aviv – My Smart Bookshelf
Middle schools in Ashkelon, Kiryat Ono, Mikve Israel, Netanya, Rehovot - Shear Ruach humanities enrichment program
Greater Jerusalem and the Shfela
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem - The Visual and Performing Arts Digitization Project (architecture)
Ben Zvi Institute, Rabbi Prof. Meir Benayahu's Collection, Heichal Shlomo, Library of the Karlin-Stolin Hasidim, Michael Krupp Collection, Yehoshua Leibovitz Collection, Avraham Lorberbaum Collection, Machon Otzarot Yisrael, Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, The Prof. Yosef Yuval Tobi Collection, Isaac Wallach Collection, Jerusalem – Ktiv
David Yellin College, Ex Libris, Hebrew University, Israel Antiquities Authority, and Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem – The National Authority Database
Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem – World-class collection of over 10,000 books transferred to NLI
Israel Museum, Jerusalem – Partnerships and loans around exhibitions, ex: Maimonides Symposium and Exhibition
Musrara: The Naggar School of Art and East and West Jerusalem schools - Young Jerusalem Curators program
Middle schools in Beit Shemesh, Gedera, Jerusalem, Kedumim, Modi'in – My Smart Bookshelf
Middle schools in Beit Hashmonai, Jerusalem, Modi'in - Shear Ruach humanities enrichment program
South
Ben Gurion University, Beersheba - The National Authority Database
Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures, Beersheba – NLI items loaned for exhibition
Middle schools in Beersheba, Eilat, Sdot Negev – My Smart Bookshelf
Countrywide Initiatives
Partnerships with Wikipedia, Ha’aretz newspaper, Kol Yisrael, Toldot Yisrael, Educational television, and more
929 – NLI digital content team involved in content for the 929 project, connected to relevant holdings in the Library’s collections
Library data sharing: The National Authority Database, work with The Israeli Center for Libraries, and cooperation with local, municipal, and university libraries and librarians throughout Israel
Kids Academy – 1700 Arab-Israeli sixth-graders from throughout Israel visited NLI through program that aims to instill critical academic skills among outstanding students (2016-17)
Argentina
National Jewish organizations in Argentina, archives of communities, organizations, and schools in Avellaneda, Rosario, Buenos Aires – partnership with CAHJP
Bolivia
Cochabamba - German speaking Jewish community archives - partnership with CAHJP
Brazil
Archives of Jewish communities, organizations, and schools throughout the country – partnership with CAHJP
Chile
Archives of Jewish communities, organizations, and schools – partnership with CAHJP
Colombia
Archives of Jewish communities, organizations, and schools - partnership with CAHJP
Costa Rica
Archives of Jewish communities, organizations, and schools - partnership with CAHJP
Cuba
La Habana – Archives of Jewish communities and organizations - partnership with CAHJP
Dominican Republic
Archives of the DORSA settlement in Sosua, Puerto Plata, and the Jewish community in Santa Domingo - partnership with CAHJP
Ecuador
Archives from Quito and Guayaquil Jewish communities and organizations - partnership with CAHJP
El Salvador
Archives of Balboa and Panama City Jewish communities, schools, and organizations -partnership with CAHJP
Jamaica
Kingston Jewish community archives - partnership with CAHJP
Panama
Archives of Jewish communities and organizations - partnership with CAHJP
Algeria
Jewish communal archives from Annaba, Constantine, Oran, Orleansville – partnership with CAHJP
Egypt
Cairo economic reports and Cairo community archives - partnership with CAHJP
Morocco and Libya
JDC Records of Jewish refugee camps in North Africa, family archives, community archives – partnership with CAHJP
Morocco and Libya
JDC Records of Jewish refugee camps in North Africa, family archives, community archives – partnership with CAHJP
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Archives of Jewish communities, organizations, and publications - partnership with CAHJP
Tunisia
Communal and rabbinical activity archives - partnership with CAHJP
Finland
Turku (Åbo) and Helsinki – Archives of the Jewish community and organizations - partnership with CAHJP
Portugal
Archives of Jewish communities and institutions – partnership with CAHJP
Turkey
Izmir and Istanbul community archives - partnership with CAHJP
China
Harbin and Shanghai - Far Eastern Jewish Central Information Bureau for Emigrants Administration Files - partnership with CAHJP
Russia
National Library of Russia, St Petersburg - Ktiv
“At the Source” participation from Institute of Oriental Manuscripts at the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg
Russia’s State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg - Afghan Geniza treasures in Life in Medieval Khorasan: A Geniza from the National Library of Israel exhibition (2019)
Moscow and St Petersburg community archives - partnership with CAHJP