University, which owns a third of the library's contents, said to issue warning over education minister's bill that aims to curb institution's independence

Newspapers, journals, and other periodicals produced by Jewish units from Palestine in British Army reveal rich intellectual and emotional lives of soldiers fighting in Europe

Expansive facility covering 45,000 square meters (480,000 square feet) of space between the Knesset and the Israel Museum will open to the public next year

A prodigy, Halivni received rabbinic ordination at 15, won the Israel Prize and molded generations of scholars in US and Israel, teaching well into his 90s

Delicate parchment filmed in time for Shavuot; one was hidden in mosque during WWII; another thought to belong to merchant said to serve as Poland's king for a day in 16th century

Passover seder books from world's largest collection, spanning some 800 years of Jewish history from Prague to Morocco, made available to view and download for first time

New literature partnership will now also consider works translated into English; prize ceremony to be held in Israel in alternate years

David Blumberg, accused of paying employee NIS 240,000 to silence complaints, blames scandal on unspecified enemies seeking revenge, says he is too old and tired to keep fighting

One of the most heavily trafficked resources is a newspaper archive of Arabic publications from Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine

David Blumberg gave worker NIS 240,000 to sign agreement barring her from revealing that he harassed her, Channel 13 reports