The Jerusalem-based, non for profit company, Digital Heritage is committed to its mission of a digital mapping of cultural heritage. We believe that in this way, the fragmented resources of a dispersed community may be brought together as a cohesive whole. Once individuals are able to visualise the parameters of the collective, resources may be easily rallied with reinvigorated creativity, and mobilized towards renewed expression. One of the central goals of Digital Heritage is to map, harvest and disseminate cultural heritage in Israel.
What is digital heritage in Israel
Representing thousands of years of cultural heritage the digital resouces in Israel lie in repositories and include artefacts, art works, literature, manuscripts, musical and liturgical resources, films and video, genealogies, monuments, and historical buildings.
Digital Heritage seeks to apply technologies to augment the preservation, access and the re-use of Cultural Heritage through advancing education and training in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
In 2004 we called for the development of a concerted policy for the digitization of Jewish cultural assets in Israel. We believe that this will enable their long term preservation; continuous access; and their re-incorporation in the contemporary life of worldwide Jewry as living assets re-creating a rich national culture in its variety and multi-faceted aspects.
Emphasizes that Israel, as a democratic country, should provide digital expression for cultural diversity we also beleive that ths expression will give voice to its cultural minorities and the historical and contemporary creativity of Arab, Druze, Islamic and Christian culture and other cultures to recognize and preserve their tangible and intangible heritage (see Jerusalem Declaration).
The founders of Digital Heritage both share a deep commitment to these goals resulting from many years of experience in advancing similar programs in the fields of education and cultural heritage.
