Jerusalem – 100 Years Of Haaretz To Be Digitized And Available To Public

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    David Blumberg, from right, chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Library of Israel; Amos Schocken, Haaretz publisher; and Oren Weinberg, national library directo, sign the National Library of Israel - Haaretz Agreement. (Courtesy/National Library of Israel)Jerusalem – For its 100th birthday, Israel’s venerated Haaretz daily newspaper will be digitized and made available to the public.

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    Haaretz and the National Library of Israel signed an agreement to open digital access to all the issues of the newspaper since its founding in 1919.

    The newspaper will become part of the JPress-Historic Jewish Press website, a collaboration between the National Library of Israel and Tel Aviv University, which includes millions of pages from over 300 Israeli and Jewish newspapers published in 16 languages from dozens of countries since the end of the 18th century.

    The library already has begun to digitize the first two decades of the newspaper.

    Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken said in a statement that in the digital age, it is important that Haaretz be available to researchers and scholars, as well as anyone in the general public interested in the Israeli press.

    “Within a few weeks, visitors to the National Library website will be able to read issues of Israel’s oldest newspaper, enabling them to become familiar with this important reflection of Israeli history and significant piece of the history of the press in Israel,” National Library of Israel Director Oren Weinberg said.

    Yaron Tsur, a professor in the department of Jewish history at Tel Aviv University, calls Haaretz “exceptional in a number of ways, giving it pride of place in the landscape and history of the Israeli press.” He said that in addition to attracting “brilliant journalists,” the newspaper also published “writers and poets, artists and intellectuals.”


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    lazy-boy
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    lazy-boy
    5 years ago

    Ha’aretz used to be one of the most popular and influential newspapers in Israel. However, it has gotten to be a very repulsive rag spewing out anit-Bibi rhetoric and scum as news.

    It (like most extreme liberals) still believe in peace with the Arabs and giving into their demands for withdrawal, etc and have not realized that the times have changed and most Israelis realize that peace is not possible.

    But Schocken and his friends are still pushing a dead horse hoping that it will get up and win the race.