Dafna Siegman
Spotlight
When you speak to Dafna Siegman, an expert senior guide at the National Library of Israel, her enthusiasm is palpable. She shares that the Library touches every visitor who enters the building, whether on an aesthetic, intellectual, or emotional level – or all of the above. Dafna describes the poignancy she felt when hosting a group of members of communities from the Gaza envelope, as they stood in absolute silence, overwhelmed, beside the Library’s installation of empty chairs for the hostages, acknowledging the exactness of the books that were chosen for their dearest friends. They were moved to share their experiences, and in turn, expressed gratitude that the stories from October 7th had already become an integral part of the story of the National Library of Israel and of the nation as a whole. “The Library’s message that your story is our story becomes all the more significant on the tour and leaves each visitor feeling that they want to visit again and again.”
Dafna Siegman is an NLI Judaica specialist and NLI tour guide
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