National Library of Israel
Dating from pre-expulsion Spain and Portugal, the Megillah is “an incredibly rare testament to the rich culture of the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula,” says library curator Yoel Finkelman.
Written in 1920 and addressed to influential Jewish author N.E.B. Ezra, the letter was rediscovered during a review of the National Library of Israel’s archives.
Due to the pandemic, the National Library of Israel’s sixth annual Docu.Text Film Festival will be held online from Nov.15-25.
It was found in a manuscript written just after the Expulsion, which was likely used by Catalonian exiles living in Provence.
While many of texts have historical importance and hold tremendous potential for scholars, they are often difficult, if not impossible, to find.
It was created on parchment by Joel ben Simeon, considered by many to be the most important Jewish artist of the Middle Ages.
Writings of 20th-century Jewish writer Franz Kafka delivered this summer to the National Library of Israel include his correspondence with language teachers in Israel.
Last batch of Brod and Kafka papers return to Israel after decades in Swiss vault
The legal battle to obtain the papers began 12 years ago and involved court proceedings in Israel, Germany and Switzerland.