The Jewish National and University Library is Israel's national library, based in Jerusalem's Hebrew University. United States Library of Congress, Jefferson building A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a nation to serve as the preeminent repository of information for that country. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds; official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-Al-Quds) is Israels capital and largest city, with a population of 724,000 (as of May 24, 2006 [1]) contained in 123 km². An ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels biggest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ...

Founded in 1892 as a central repository for books relating to Jewish thought and culture, it became the university library of the Hebrew University in 1920 and is today its central library.

The library's archives hold materials in different languages (notably Hebrew, Ladino and Yiddish) pertaining to both Israel and Judaism. The word Hebrew most likely means to cross over, referring to the Semitic people crossing over the Euphrates River. ... This article deals with the Judaeo-Spanish language. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. ...

Among the special collections are the personal papers of Albert Einstein Albert Einstein, photographed in 1947 by Oren J. Turner. ...

The library also claims to be the "National Library of the Jewish People"([1]).

The library is located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem, and is open to the public Sunday -Thursday from 9:00 to 19:00, Friday 9:00 to 13:00. It is closed for Jewish festivals.

External source

Official site (bilingual, English/Hebrew)