National Library of Israel

The National Library of Israel (NLI; Hebrew: ×”×¡×¤×¨×™×™×” ×”×œ××•×ž×™×ª, romanized: HaSifria HaLeumit; Arabic: Ø§Ù„Ù…ÙƒØªØ¨Ø© Ø§Ù„ÙˆØ·Ù†ÙŠØ© ÙÙŠ Ø¥Ø³Ø±Ø§Ø¦ÙŠÙ„), formerly Jewish National and University Library (JNUL; Hebrew: ×‘×™×ª ×”×¡×¤×¨×™× ×”×œ××•×ž×™ ×•×”××•× ×™×‘×¨×¡×™×˜××™, romanized: Beit Ha-Sfarim Ha-Le'umi ve-Ha-Universita'i), is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of Israel and of Jewish heritage. The library holds more than 5 million books, and is located in the Government complex (Kiryat HaMemshala) near the Knesset.

National Library of Israel

Jerusalem, Israel

1892 (1892)

The Legal Deposit of generally available documents

Unique collections of manuscripts, special collections of books, music, radio and television programmes, film, theatre, maps, posters, pictures, photographs, electronic documents and newspapers.

5 million volumes

Approximately 100 million NIS (â‚ª)

Oren Weinberg

367

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The National Library owns the world's largest collections of Hebraica and Judaica,^[1] and is the repository of many rare and unique manuscripts, books and artifacts.

National Library of Israel

National Library of Israel

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Judaica Archival Project

List of national and state libraries

Union List of Israel

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