From the Ground Up: Building a new National Library of Israel

08/10/2022
59 min
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Speakers: Hannah Rothschild, Jason Frantzen, Oren Weinberg, Harry Rich

The new National Library of Israel (NLI), adjacent to the Knesset in Jerusalem, is on schedule to open its doors in 2023. The building, along with its surrounding gardens and plazas, has been designed by world-renowned architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron to reflect the central values of democratizing knowledge and opening the NLI’s world-class collections and resources to broad and diverse audiences in Israel and globally. It will provide venues for exhibitions, as well as cultural and educational programming in a secure, sustainable and state-of-the-art environment. Just months before the campus opens, join Hannah Rothschild, Herzog & de Meuron Senior Partner Jason Frantzen and Oren Weinberg, Director of the NLI, for a sneak preview of this new landmark for Israel and the Jewish people.

About the speakers

Harry Rich

Harry Rich is Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, Chair of the Intellectual Property Office, non-executive director of the Press Recognition Panel, Chair of the Valuation Tribunal Service, governor of the Glasgow School of Art, an Executive Coach and business advisor.

Oren Weinberg

Oren Weinberg was appointed CEO of the National Library of Israel in 2010.  He supervises the ongoing NLI operations, renewal activities and the construction of the new building. Prior to joining the NLI, Oren was the Director of the Haifa University Library. 

Jason Frantzen

Jason Frantzen began his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron in 2005. From 2006 to 2010 he worked between Miami and New York to oversee 1111 Lincoln Road and to participate in the design of the Pérez Art Museum. He became an Associate of the firm in 2011, and a Partner in 2014.

Hannah Rothschild

Hannah Rothschild CBE is an award-winning writer and documentary film director. She is a former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery, and she is a Trustee of Waddesdon Manor. Hannah’s novel The Improbability of Love won the 2016 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction.

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From the Ground Up: Building a new National Library of Israel

08/10/2022
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59 min

Speaker

Harry Rich

Harry Rich is Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, Chair of the Intellectual Property Office, non-executive director of the Press Recognition Panel, Chair of the Valuation...

Oren Weinberg

Oren Weinberg was appointed CEO of the National Library of Israel in 2010. He supervises the ongoing NLI operations, renewal activities and the construction...

Jason Frantzen

Jason Frantzen began his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron in 2005. From 2006 to 2010 he worked between Miami and New York to...

Hannah Rothschild

Hannah Rothschild CBE is an award-winning writer and documentary film director. She is a former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National...