The Sun’s Light Still Shines
04-04-2019 | Thursday, April 4th, 18:00 | 28th of Adar II
The National Library building
A postcard featuring Herzl and the Priestly Blessing (Birkat Kohahim), Warsaw, 1902
Event to be held in Hebrew
This event is the first part of a four-part series marking the 70th anniversary of Herzl’s internment in Israel, in cooperation with the Schechter Institute, the Herzl Museum, and the Zionist Archives
Opening Remarks: Dr. Hezi Amior, the National Library
Prof. Doron Bar, president of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Moses at the Zionist Congress: Ephraim Moses Lilien Draws Herzl
Yigal Zalmona, curator, art critic and historian
The Figure of Herzl as it Emerges from Journal Entries, Press and Archival Items
Dr. Moti Friedman, former director of the Herzl Museum and academic director of the Zionist Archives
At the beginning of the event, archival items from the Library collections will be presented, under the guidance of Galia Richler-Gerbler
