The Safed English Library is located in three small rented rooms at 38 Jerusalem Street in Safed, Israel. Its 20,000 books include fiction and non-fiction to suit all tastes. In addition, one cozy room is devoted to the Children’s Library, where everyone, from infants to teens, can borrow books for home enjoyment. It is open to readers four days a week.
The Library, which is
run by some 30 volunteer workers and one part-time staff member, is
continually growing thanks to donations of books by supporters in the USA
and other countries, the donation of private collections
in
Israel, and purchases of newly published and highly recommended recent
books. The Library subscribes to more than 40 magazines from all over the
world whose subjects range from interior design to science to news to the
Australian
Women's Weekly. Unlike in most
libraries, the magazines can be taken home to read at leisure.
The fiction section includes popular novels, classics, best sellers and great modern writers, mysteries, science fiction and medical thrillers. The non-fiction collection includes a large biography section, science, history, nature, travel, medicine and psychology, parenting, the Holocaust, Jewish subjects, cooking and art. A very popular and growing section is books on CDs which cover a range of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. Library location, tel. no's, hours - see Contact Us page.