George Shultz Talks World Politics, the Middle East, and Israel
How the U.S secretary of state helped save the Israeli economy.
February 22, 2016
The National Library of Israel: Home of the Jewish State’s Intellectual Treasures
“The coolest place in Jerusalem.”
Founded in 1892, what is now the National Library of Israel attracts scores of scholars from around the world, not to mention throngs of school children visiting on class trips and crowds of tourists. Liel Leibovitz relates some of the library’s history, describes its recent success at becoming “the coolest place in Jerusalem,” and tells an anecdote about one item in its collections that, in his words, “perfectly captures the charms of the Library”:
February 22, 2016
What Happened to Ehud Olmert?
From right to left, and from honest to corrupt.
The National Library of Israel: Home of the Jewish State’s Intellectual Treasures
“The coolest place in Jerusalem.”
Who Were the Hittites?
Israel’s ancient neighbors.
Mussolini and the Hungarian Rabbi of Rhodes
Recruited by the Italian government, then forced to flee.