Picture a Day: That German General not only saved the Jews of Ere...

Picture a Day: That German General not only saved the Jews of Ere...: Gaza City in ruins, April 1917, after two battles between the British and the Turks. The spike in the background are the remains of the...

Picture a Day: Did a German Officer Prevent the Massacre of the J...

Picture a Day: Did a German Officer Prevent the Massacre of the J...: German General Falkenhayn on the Temple Mt with Jamal Pasha, Turkish governor of Syria and Palestine, 1916 (Library of Congress collect...

Picture a Day: Are these Photographs of Mark Twain's Companions f...

Picture a Day: Are these Photographs of Mark Twain's Companions f...: " Tourists " outside of Jerusalem's walls (1860-1890) Mark Twain was a relatively unknown writer in 1867 when he visited Palestine in the...

Picture a Day: Another Mystery Photo: The Giants of American Zion...

Picture a Day: Another Mystery Photo: The Giants of American Zion...: Three Zionist leaders  on a boat. From left: Nathan Strauss, Justice  Louis Brandeis and Rabbi Stephen Wise.  Where were they heading? (...

Picture a Day: Re-posting an earlier essay Winston Churchill Vi...

Picture a Day: Re-posting an earlier essay Winston Churchill Vi...: Churchill (right) and Samuel on Mt Scopus. Also pictured with chief rabbis The great British leader Winston Churchill visited Palestine...

Picture a Day: The Massive Graf Zepellin Flew Over Jerusalem in 1...

Picture a Day: The Massive Graf Zepellin Flew Over Jerusalem in 1...: Graf Zeppelin flying over Jerusalem's David's Tower, 1931 The Graf Zeppelin , built in 1928, was huge -- 804 feet (245 meters) long.  Th...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem -- Jaffa Gate, Prior to 191...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem -- Jaffa Gate, Prior to 191...: Jaffa Gate circa 1890, before construction of a road into the city and a clock tower honoring the Ottoman Sultan The Jaffa Gate of the ...

Picture a Day: That Temporary Market Featured Below? Here's the L...

Picture a Day: That Temporary Market Featured Below? Here's the L...: The building today.  (Zoomap.co.il) The "temporary vegetable market" photographed by the American Colony photographer in the 1930s is on ...

Picture a Day: A Strange Picture of a "Temporary" Arab Vegetable ...

Picture a Day: A Strange Picture of a "Temporary" Arab Vegetable ...: " Temporary vegetable market " in Romema, Jerusalem (picture taken between 1934 and 1939) This picture of a market (right) is something...

Picture a Day: The Russians Are Coming! Russian Pilgrims to P...

Picture a Day: The Russians Are Coming! Russian Pilgrims to P...: "Russian priestesses"  (circa 1900) Except for a few historians, does anyone know why the Crimean War (1853-1856) was fought and between ...

Picture a Day: The First Motion Picture in Jerusalem - 1896

Picture a Day: The First Motion Picture in Jerusalem - 1896: Scene from first movie Railroad Station (1900) Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière were photographic inventors who began to experiment ...

Picture a Day: The 1936 Arab Revolt and the Jews of Jerusalem - P...

Picture a Day: The 1936 Arab Revolt and the Jews of Jerusalem - P...:  " An old Jew peeping out to see what is happening during the Arab strike" May 14th, 1936 The British Government's annual reports on Ma...

Picture a Day: The Start of Aviation in Eretz Yisrael Military A...

Picture a Day: The Start of Aviation in Eretz Yisrael Military A...: Bonnier lands in Jerusalem, 1913. The man on the far right appears to be the mayor of Jerusalem, Salim Hussein el-Husseini.  Note the ...

Picture a Day: The People of Damascus Revolt -- in 1895. Pardon...

Picture a Day: The People of Damascus Revolt -- in 1895. Pardon...: Revolt in prison , Damascus, circa 1895.  Crowd of people outside of prison. In light of events taking place in Syria today, we depart f...

Picture a Day: Congressional Visits to Israel Is Not New. Picture...

Picture a Day: Congressional Visits to Israel Is Not New. Picture...: The senators and their wives visit the Temple Mount (1936) April 1936 was the start of a vicious anti-Semitic and violent "Arab Revolt" ...

Picture a Day: Israel Daily Picture Publishes its 100th Photo Ess...

Picture a Day: Israel Daily Picture Publishes its 100th Photo Ess...: Israel Daily Picture (IDP)  is publishing its 100th photo essay this week. After discovering the American Colony photo collection in the Li...

Picture a Day: Metulla, Israel's Northern-most Town. Was It Ori...

Picture a Day: Metulla, Israel's Northern-most Town. Was It Ori...: Northern-most town ( Wikipedia,Ynhockey) It's easy to be confused by the American Colony collection's pictures of Metulla, Israel's nor...

Picture a Day: Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs Will Be Packed Thi...

Picture a Day: Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs Will Be Packed Thi...: Cave of the Patriarchs , Hebron (circa 1900) In synagogues around the world this Sabbath, congregations will read the Torah portion descr...

Picture a Day: What Brought Together These Rabbis and the Founder...

Picture a Day: What Brought Together These Rabbis and the Founder...: Guests at the High Commissioner's reception (1920) The date: July 30, 1920 The place: The Government House, Jerusalem The Occasion: Th...

Picture a Day: New Photo Added to "Where Is Tell Pioth?"

Picture a Day: New Photo Added to "Where Is Tell Pioth?": A version of this posting first appeared on October 4  Tell Pioth on the Plain of Rephaim is actually  Talpiot in southern Jerusalem ...

Picture a Day: Revisiting Rachel's Tomb on the Eve of Her Yahrzei...

Picture a Day: Revisiting Rachel's Tomb on the Eve of Her Yahrzei...: Rachel's Tomb/  Photo is an ink-based photolithograph (1890) A shorter version of this essay first appeared in July 2011.  Tens of t...

Picture a Day: Jaffa Road and Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem 100 years a...

Picture a Day: Jaffa Road and Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem 100 years a...: The gates of the Old City of Jerusalem were often named for the direction they faced, and the roads that originated at the gates were simila...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day - Winston Churchill's Visit to Jer...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day - Winston Churchill's Visit to Jer...: The great British leader Winston Churchill visited Palestine in 1921, relatively early in his career while serving as Colonial Secretary.  H...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- Jewish Expulsions from Jerusale...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- Jewish Expulsions from Jerusale...: The Library of Congress collection includes pictures of Jews being evacuated during Arab riots and pograms in 1929 and 1936 .  In 1948, Lif...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- Who Are These Soldiers and Wher...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- Who Are These Soldiers and Wher...:  When Gen. Allenby captured Jerusalem  (and here ) in 1917, the British didn't realize the trouble they would face for the next 30 years. ...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Jews of Jerusalem 100 years...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Jews of Jerusalem 100 years...: ca. 1890 - Color was hand-painted at the time.
The "Jewish State" did not begin in 1948. It didn't even start with Theodore Herzl ...

Picture a Day: Newly found pictures show Deir Yassin's commanding...

Picture a Day: Newly found pictures show Deir Yassin's commanding...: The Arab village of Deir Yassin is the subject of one of the biggest controversies of Israel's 1948-49 War of Independence.  The village, si...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Western Wall in the early 2...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Western Wall in the early 2...: Western Wall in red (circa 1925) Jews have flocked to the Kotel (Western Wall) for many centuries in order to pray close to the site of ...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- Building Tel Aviv

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- Building Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 by the Jewish community of Jaffa who built the new town on nearby sand dunes along the coast.  These photos are...

Picture a Day: Jewish Pilgrims and Jewish Peasants? You Decide

Picture a Day: Jewish Pilgrims and Jewish Peasants? You Decide: Jews or Christians?  " Russian pilgrims to Jerusalem aboard vessel in Beirut harbor" (1903) Looking through the 22,000 American Colony ...

Picture a Day: The Balfour Declaration Was Issued 94 Years Ago In...

Picture a Day: The Balfour Declaration Was Issued 94 Years Ago In...: Balfour's reception in Tel Aviv (April 1925) The government of Great Britain issued the Balfour Declaration 94 years ago this week, on N...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem Then and Now, Part V -- Dun...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem Then and Now, Part V -- Dun...: , Dung Gate  interior (circa 1900) The wall of Jerusalem's Old City and many of the gates that we see today were built in 1540 during t...

Picture a Day: The Kaiser Arrives, and the Rabbis Turn Out. How ...

Picture a Day: The Kaiser Arrives, and the Rabbis Turn Out. How ...: The welc ome arch constructed by Jerusalem's Jews in honor of the German Emperor Wilhelm II The German Emperor's visit to Jerusalem on ...

Picture a Day: The Battle of Be'er Sheva, October 31, 1917 Buy Yo...

Picture a Day: The Battle of Be'er Sheva, October 31, 1917 Buy Yo...: Australian light horsemen riding in north Jerusalem in this badly damaged photo from the Library of Congress collection The American Co...

Picture a Day: Jerusalem's Nablus Road - Where History Marched - ...

Picture a Day: Jerusalem's Nablus Road - Where History Marched - ...: Originally published in July The Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem's Old City faces west to Jaffa. Just head out on Jaffa Road. The Jericho Road hea...

Picture a Day: Children of the Yishuv: Hadera 1935 How's It Rela...

Picture a Day: Children of the Yishuv: Hadera 1935 How's It Rela...: Feeding the poor children of Hadera (circa 1935) The caption on this Library of Congress photograph reads, "Children's group at WIZO sum...

Picture a Day: Library of Congress Photos Show the British Army's...

Picture a Day: Library of Congress Photos Show the British Army's...: Gaza after the two battles in March and April 1917.  In the early 1900s, the British Empire relied on the Suez Canal to maintain communi...

Picture a Day: Printing the First Stamps from Eretz Yisrael 91 Ye...

Picture a Day: Printing the First Stamps from Eretz Yisrael 91 Ye...: A stamp showing Rachel's Tomb with writing in English, Arabic and Hebrew  The Ottoman Empire established a postal service throughout...

Picture a Day: Jews Protest the British White Paper of 1939, The...

Picture a Day: Jews Protest the British White Paper of 1939, The...: Anti-White Paper demonstration outside of Jerusalem's Yeshurun Synagogue. Also see here .  Procession led by Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog (...

Picture a Day: Be’er Sheva 100 Years Ago – On the Eve of World Wa...

Picture a Day: Be’er Sheva 100 Years Ago – On the Eve of World Wa...: Be'er Sheva (circa 1900). See also here For centuries, Be’er Sheva was little more than a desert oasis surrounded by scattered Bedouin t...