Exploring ‘The Archive’
Unorthodox visits the National Library of Israel and spotlights items in its collection


Unorthodox is exploring the collection of the National Library of Israel in a new segment called The Archive. On each installment, Liel Leibovitz visits the library and talks with curators about some of their most prized items, letters, and manuscripts. We’ll learn about Napoleon’s near conquests of the Middle East, Mahatma Gandhi’s correspondence with Hitler, and how Kafka’s manuscripts ended up in a Kafkaesque Israeli legal trial.
We’re kicking things off with a look at Sir Isaac Newton’s Hebrew-inflected writings on … the end of days.
Next, we take a look at Maimonides’ 12th-century manuscripts and learn about the Jewish thinker’s nomadic adventures.
You can check out the National Library of Israel’s collection here.
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