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Primary Sources
- Eliasaf Robinson Tel Aviv CollectionComprises books, pamphlets, magazines, printed ephemera, posters, postcards, photographs, maps, architectural plans, and original documents about the early history of Tel Aviv, "The First Hebrew City."
- Ha'aretz Online (English)One of the newspapers of record for the State of Israel
- Ha'aretz Online (Hebrew)One of the newspapers of record for the State of Israel.
- Israel Film ArchiveThe official archive that collects and preserves Israeli films, and home to over 30,000 screening prints, 20,000 videocassettes, and thousands of negatives of Israeli films. Most films need to be viewed in person, a valuable source for potential fieldwork.
- Israel Press CouncilThis portal also provides access to a host of primary sources archived and digitized by the National Library of Israel, including historical newspapers.
- Israel’s Central Bureau of StatisticsThe vast majority of materials available on the website are in Hebrew but the website has an English version, which contains some materials in English as well.
- Judaica Digital Collection (Harvard)The Judaica Collection's many digital materials document the life and culture of the Jewish people, with particular focus on life and culture in Israel.
- The Nathan Axelrod Newsreel CollectionA unique collection of newsreels filmed by Nathan Axelrod between 1927 and 1958, documenting the development of Jewish life under the British Mandate, including politics, leaders, culture, arts, and more.
- Time TravelThe objective of the "Time Travel" project is to collect and scan Israeli ephemera and make them accessible to the general public. The project is sponsored by the Arcadia Fund and is a collaborative undertaking with UCLA.