Yad Ben Zvi (Hebrew: יד יצחק בן-צבי), also known as the Ben-Zvi Institute, is a research institute and publishing house named for Israeli president Yitzhak Ben-Zvi in Jerusalem.

History and activities

Yad Ben-Zvi is a research institute established to continue the Zionist, educational and cultural activities of Israel's second and longest-serving president, Yizhak Ben–Zvi. It is housed in the home and offices of Ben-Zvi and his wife, Rachel Yanait, in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood.

Ben-Zvi founded the institute in 1947 to explore the history and culture of the Jewish communities living in Arab countries. It houses a library of manuscripts, rare books and a photographic archive, and runs an academic publishing house.^[1]

Education

Yad-Ben Zvi organizes courses, seminars, lectures and special tours of Jerusalem.^[1]

In 2012, the institute opened a new international school for Jerusalem studies in a renovated historic building formerly known as the Pioneer Women's House.^[1]

Publications

The institute's publishing house publishes specific studies as well as three academic journals (in Hebrew):^[2]

• Doscontinued: Sefunot, the Institute's annual, published between 1956 and 2017, with articles on Jewish communities in the East, from the end of the Middle Ages to the present.^[1]
• Pe'amim: Studies in Oriental Jewry (or "Studies on Jewish Heritage in the East")^[2][3] The Institute's quarterly,^[1] published since 1978, it deals with the history, cultures and folklore of Jewish communities in the MENA region (North Africa and the Middle East).^[3] Digitized issues appear on the Institute's website since 2011.^[3] Complete list and details at JSTOR here.^[3]
• Katedra^[2] (website here)
• Et-mol^[2], full title: Et-Mol: Iton Letoldot Eretz Yisrael Ve'am Yisrael, '"Et-Mol: Journal on the History of the Eretz Yisrael and Am Yisrael', in the sense of the Land of Israel and Jewish peoplehood/the Jewish people.