1. EUROPEAN DAY OF JEWISH CULTURE
Coordinators Meeting
Luxembourg - 26 March 2017

2. The Mission of the National Library of Israel
“to collect, preserve, cultivate and endow the treasures of knowledge, heritage and culture in general, with an emphasis on the land of israel, the State of Israel and the Jewish People, in particular”. (National Library Law, 2007) Becoming Israel’s flagship repository of information about Israel and the Jewish People Offering open access to the world of physical & digital resources, tools and services

3. Range of Formats

4. NLI’s Collections
Education
Culture
Research

5. Gesher L’Europa
Creating opportunities for mutually beneficial relationships with Europe
Partnerships with Jewish Heritage and community organisations with networks across Europe
Reaching diverse audiences in Europe
A core element of the NLI’s renewal

6. Training and Development for Archivists and Librarians

7. Venice 500 – Symposium at the Biblioteca Marciana

8. London Jewish Book Week – February 2017

9. Jewish European Ephemera Collection

10. Education through Primary Resources

11. NLI – EJDC 2016
‘Jewish Languages’ exhibition Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain 7 panels with over 40 items from NLI collections Translated into Italian, Dutch, Croatian, Slovenian…

12. Croatia (add details)

14. NLI- EDJC 2017: Diaspora A core pack of materials - modular
Components:
Film
Informative Panels
Activities

15. NLI- EDJC 2017: Diaspora Selected Themes
‘Journeys’ – flows of Jewish migration 
'At home and apart’
'Multiculturalism'
‘Connection to Zion'
'Spiritual leadership' - Jewish Philosophies & the Enlightenment
‘Impact’ - Jewish contributions to European culture

16. Pinkas kehila (community register). Frankfurt, Germany, 1552-1802

17. Family tree of Baal Shem Tov, by Israel Haim Goldstein
Family tree of Baal Shem Tov, by Israel Haim Goldstein. Międzyrzec Podlaski, Poland, 1926.

18. Manuscript of poems by Yehuda Halevi (via the Cairo Geniza)
Manuscript of poems by Yehuda Halevi (via the Cairo Geniza). Spain, 12th century

19. Illustrated ketubbah (marriage contract). Modena, Italy, 1557/1757

20. Haggadah created by Hechalutz movement. Warsaw, Poland, 1937

21. Members of Hashomer Hatzair movement. Rusa, Bulgaria, 1932

22. Handwritten letter by Dr. Sigmund Freud to his daughter Anna
Handwritten letter by Dr. Sigmund Freud to his daughter Anna. Vienna, Austria, 1925

23. NLI- EDJC 2017: Diaspora Points to consider
Adapting for local audiences
Relevance for your planned activities
Logistical factors – format, language
Supplementing core kit with local materials

24. NLI- EDJC 2017: Diaspora
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP)
Archives of hundreds of Jewish communities, organizations and private collections.
The most extensive collection of documents, pinkassim (registers) and other records of Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the present day.

25. NLI- EDJC 2017: Diaspora Next steps
Survey of EDJC participating countries
Task Force
Guidance on local archive materials (CAHJP and other resources)