138 Agnon House

Architect: Fritz Korenberg, 1931; Restoration architects: Salmah Milson-Arad and Avner Simon, 2007-2008; Second floor auditorium addition and access: the architect, Rivka Karmi; Consultant restoration architect: Anna Rosenfeld Esdraven, 2026

Guided tours of the home of the late author and Nobel Prize laureate, Shai Agnon, which following renovation and restoration works was reopened to the public in 2009. The tours, led by members of the Agnon House staff, will recount how the house was built, while also highlighting some details from Agnon’s biography. Special emphasis will be placed on From Foe to Friend, a short story by Agnon that describes the construction of the house. On Saturdays at 12:00, a group meets at the house to read stories written by Shai Agnon. Tour participants will be able to join them.