Knesset reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses Gallant's meeting with military reporters and her visit to Nir Oz with survivors, as tech editor Sharon Wrobel looks at Israel's ports
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With formal event postponed by war, reading room of new building welcomes the public, and weekly tours are available
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As the library unveils its new edifice and redesigned symbol, institution is pushed to recall

Grand space to open in October, featuring plush reading rooms, museum-like exhibits, robotic stacks for 4 million books and rooms for all visitors, not just the quiet kind

Collector Howard Golden donates to world's largest collection of antique maps of Jerusalem and the Holy Land

Epilogue event sees tours, talks, concerts, and more fill stacks and reading rooms throughout building that marked major architectural milestone when it opened in 1960

At collection opening, NLI says it seeks to illuminate new genre of Jewish research through the ancient scrolls, shed light on mystical teachings for scholars and amateurs

Institution launches 'Operation Diary: The Founding Generation' to mark Israel's 75th anniversary

Legal counsel rules matter will be kept out of budget voting, noting 'odd and irregular' manner in which it was approved by cabinet

Director says he heard from press about education minister's bill that would let government determine who sits on board of directors, warns move will politicize institution