Kafka: Metamorphosis of an Author – Exhibition

We invite you to join our guided tours in English for the general public.

Get to know the new home of Israel's greatest cultural treasures. Discover your story, and our story.

Tour duration: 1.5 hours

Looking to book a tour for your group? Contact us via telephone at *5049 or via email at [email protected]

A ticket to "The Treasures" includes:

• Individual access to "A Treasury of Words" - a journey through space and time with our permanent exhibition
• Individual access to "Kafka: Metamorphosis of an Author"
• Individual access to the National Library's special interactive video display

Please note that entry to the National Library itself is free of charge. Purchasing a ticket to "The Treasures" grants access to the above exhibitions.

When to Come?

Sunday-Wednesday – 9am-6pm

Thursday – 2pm-10pm

Fridays and holiday eve – 9am-1pm

More on the Visit

Age: Visits and tours of the Library are suitable for children, adults, and everyone in between, particularly from reading age (7) and up.

Visit duration: The tour itself lasts about an hour and a half. You are invited to stay as long as you’d like when your tour is over :)

Would you like to visit us as a group? Contact us at [email protected] or by phone: 074-7336170

Map and Directions

"A Treasury of Words"  is on display in the William Davidson Permanent Exhibitions Gallery at the National Library of Israel.

Our rotating exhibitions are on display in the Helen Diller Family Rotating Exhibitions Gallery at the National Library of Israel.

Our interactive video display can be found in the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Experiential Center at the National Library of Israel.

You are hereby invited to a special concert celebrating hope, love, and faith at the National Library of Israel. This is a concert that transcends the boundaries of East and West. The Mandy Roden Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Zvi Carmeli, along with the Academy's Student Choir, conducted by Yishai Stekler, and featuring soloists from the Academy, will present selected works by Paul Ben-Haim, Georg Friedrich Handel, Jules Massenet, and Gabriel Fauré, which explore themes of love for humanity, love of God, and love of the land.

Program:

Georg Friedrich Handel – Aria from "Julius Caesar in Egypt", Act III – "Piangerò la sorte mia"

Paule Ben-Haim – "From Israel", Suite for Chamber Orchestra

1. Prologue
2. Song of Songs
3. Yemenite Melody
4. Siesta
5. Celebration

Paul Ben-Haim – From the song cycle "Myrtle Blossoms From Eden", for Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano Soloists and Orchestra

Jules Massenet – Aria from "Hérodiade", Act I, Scene I – "Celui dont la parole... Il est doux, il est bon"

Gabriel Fauré – Requiem

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The Academy's Student Choir

Yishai Shteckler, Conductor

The Mandy Rodin Symphony Orchestra

Zvi Carmeli, Conductor 

Tatiana Levin, Soprano

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45 nis - ordinary ticket

35 nis - senior citizens, soldiers, reservists and members of the security forces

0 nis - students, lecturers, evacuees

Franz Kafka is regarded as one of the outstanding writers of 20th-century literature. Over a period of two decades, he wrote several works that continue to influence writing styles and artistic creation to this day. Kafka derived his inspiration from the circumstances of his own life, and the cultural and professional environment in which he lived. This Gallery Talk will focus on Kafka’s literary legacy, connecting it to his life in Prague, his social circle, and Jewish subjects that increasingly engaged his attention.

The Gallery Talk will be held in the new exhibition at the National Library, Kafka: Metamorphosis of an Author

This Gallery Talk is sponsored by Rosalie and Richard Alter, in memory of their dear friend David Kolitz

Due to popular demand - we've added another concert!

Tickets: 149 nis

Special discount available for evacuees and members of the security forces, call *5049

Tickets: 149 nis

Special discount available for evacuees and members of the security forces, call *5049

Tickets: 129 nis

Discount price for evacuees and members of the security forces: 119 nis

Every day new materials enter our collections, each year adding up to tens of thousands of printed volumes, hundreds of thousands of archival documents and photographs, and terabytes of digital materials. Every item tells a unique story; taken together, they enrich our understanding of ourselves, our region, and humanity as a whole. The NLI's five main collections – Judaica, Israel, Islam and Middle East, General Humanities, and Music – reflect these intersecting circles of inquiry. 

The gallery talk is an invitation to view the Library’s most recent and valuable acquisitions and offers a glimpse into the vast storehouse of treasures held within. 

This Gallery Talk is sponsored by Rosalie and Richard Alter, in memory of their dear friend David Kolitz