2012. november 21., szerda
Picture a Day: The Return of the Palace Hotel to Jerusalem
Picture a Day: The Return of the Palace Hotel to Jerusalem: Palace Hotel in the Mamilla section of Jerusalem (circa 1930) When the Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el Husseini built the Palace Hotel i...
2012. október 12., péntek
Picture a Day: What Is Behind the Mysterious Sealed Gates of Jeru...
Picture a Day: What Is Behind the Mysterious Sealed Gates of Jeru...: "Hulda Gates" on the southern side of Jerusalem's Old City. The picture shows the sealed " Triple Gate " (circa 1900) This summer the Y...
2012. szeptember 21., péntek
Picture a Day: Yom Kippur 100 Years Ago -- Or More: Photographic...
Picture a Day: Yom Kippur 100 Years Ago -- Or More: Photographic...: Jews at the Kotel on Yom Kippur (circa 1904) See analysis of the graffiti on the wall for dating this picture. The graffiti on the Wa...
2012. szeptember 14., péntek
Picture a Day: Beneath the Old City of Jerusalem Lies a Huge Cave...
Picture a Day: Beneath the Old City of Jerusalem Lies a Huge Cave...: Five men in " Solomon's Quarry ," circa 1910. Another picture of the group can be found here Beneath the Old City of Jerusalem, not f...
2012. szeptember 11., kedd
Picture a Day: Blowing the Shofar on the New Year 80 Years Ago --...
Picture a Day: Blowing the Shofar on the New Year 80 Years Ago --...: Yemenite Jew blowing the shofar (circa 1935) "Blow the Shofar at the New Moon...Because It Is a Decree for Israel, a Judgment Day...
2012. szeptember 10., hétfő
Picture a Day: Special Rosh Hashanna feature: Treasures from the...
Picture a Day: Special Rosh Hashanna feature: Treasures from the...: Tashlich prayer on the Brooklyn Bridge, 1919. The Near Year prayer is traditionally said at a body of water where the worshipper "casts...
Picture a Day: EArtHqUAkE! in the Holy Land in 1927. New picture...
Picture a Day: EArtHqUAkE! in the Holy Land in 1927. New picture...: The earthquake of July 11, 1927. Partial collapse of mosque and minaret on Mt. of Olives 85 years ago a powerful earthquake struc...
2012. szeptember 3., hétfő
Picture a Day: Who Is Colonel Coventry? Mystery Pictures of Brit...
Picture a Day: Who Is Colonel Coventry? Mystery Pictures of Brit...: " Col. Coventry driving into Jerusalem from railroad station" 1916 Here is a series of pictures of a Colonel Coventry entering Jerusale...
2012. augusztus 29., szerda
Picture a Day: British Mandate's 1938 Annual Report Details the A...
Picture a Day: British Mandate's 1938 Annual Report Details the A...: British military raid for arms at Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, July 1938 The Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936-1939) was a full scale attack...
Picture a Day: Why Did These British Forces Look So Bewildered?
Picture a Day: Why Did These British Forces Look So Bewildered?: Library of Congress caption : "Haifa, result of terrorist acts and government measures. H.M.S. British marines and police in control ...
2012. augusztus 22., szerda
Picture a Day: What History Lies behind the Facade of the Mt. Zio...
Picture a Day: What History Lies behind the Facade of the Mt. Zio...: The Mt Zion Hotel in Jerusalem today ( photo: Ron Peled ) The Mt. Zion Hotel is situated on the historic Hebron Road not far from Jerusa...
Picture a Day: The Hebron Massacre, August 24, 1929. Re-Posting...
Picture a Day: The Hebron Massacre, August 24, 1929. Re-Posting...: The destruction of the Avraham Avinu Synagogue in Hebron in 1929 On the eve of the anniversary of the Hebron massacre on August 24...
2012. augusztus 21., kedd
Picture a Day: The Cliffs in Judea Overlooking Solomon's Pools --...
Picture a Day: The Cliffs in Judea Overlooking Solomon's Pools --...: Solomon's Pools . The photo is dated between 1860 and 1880. No name is attributed to the photo. The photo and handwritten caption are...
2012. augusztus 16., csütörtök
Picture a Day: Jewish Shopkeepers in Jerusalem's Old City -- More...
Picture a Day: Jewish Shopkeepers in Jerusalem's Old City -- More...: The Getty Research Institute labels this picture as a " Jeblanier jeuf à J é r usalem, " taken in 1890 (sic). The Jewish merchant's ...
2012. augusztus 13., hétfő
Picture a Day: The Jerusalem Windmill Will Soon Turn and Mill Aga...
Picture a Day: The Jerusalem Windmill Will Soon Turn and Mill Aga...: "View of building and windmill built by Sir Moses Montefiore." The negative was probably made by British Sergeant Henry Phillips in Ma...
2012. augusztus 9., csütörtök
Picture a Day: This Is What Abraham Lincoln Would Have Seen. Ra...
Picture a Day: This Is What Abraham Lincoln Would Have Seen. Ra...: "He said he wanted to visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footprints of the Saviour. He was saying there was no city ...
Picture a Day: Zion Gate in Jerusalem -- More Pictures Uncovered ...
Picture a Day: Zion Gate in Jerusalem -- More Pictures Uncovered ...: Zion Gate (circa 1898) The photo was captioned "Jerusalem" with no further detail. The American Colony photographic collection in the...
2012. augusztus 7., kedd
Picture a Day: The Hardships of Aliya (Immigration) to the Land o...
Picture a Day: The Hardships of Aliya (Immigration) to the Land o...: Ferry boat brings Har Zion passengers into Tel Aviv port. The ship is identified in the caption as a "Jewish Agency ship." The Arab ...
2012. július 31., kedd
Picture a Day: In the Face of Assad's Rabid Rampage -- What Ale...
Picture a Day: In the Face of Assad's Rabid Rampage -- What Ale...: The Aleppo Citadel (circa 1870) by French photographer Félix Bonfils (1831-1885) The city of Aleppo is one of the oldest in the Middl...
2012. július 25., szerda
Picture a Day: Old Jewish Men in the Old City An incredible pho...
Picture a Day: Old Jewish Men in the Old City An incredible pho...: Jewish Quarter Street (1934-1939) Pre-Tisha B'Av feature We found this picture to be an incredibly engaging portrait of an old Jew...
2012. július 24., kedd
Picture a Day: July 24 -- Anniversary of the Laying of the "Found...
Picture a Day: July 24 -- Anniversary of the Laying of the "Found...: Laying the foundation stone for Hebrew University, July 24, 1918 The dream of establishing a university in Jerusalem had been expressed ...
2012. július 23., hétfő
Picture a Day: Anniversary of the Bombing of the British Military...
Picture a Day: Anniversary of the Bombing of the British Military...: King David Hotel 1946 On July 22, 1946, the Irgun resistance organization blew up a section of the King David Hotel, killing 91 British...
2012. július 19., csütörtök
Picture a Day: The Great and Electrifying Pinchas Ruttenberg. Wh...
Picture a Day: The Great and Electrifying Pinchas Ruttenberg. Wh...: Pinchas Ruttenberg 1879 - 1942 In the pantheon of Zionist and Israeli historical heroes several names stand out -- Herzl, Ben-Gurion, W...
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Photograph, This Time from Jaffa
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Photograph, This Time from Jaffa: The Library of Congress caption reads "Jaffa" and that the picture was taken between "1898-1946" The American Colony photographers wer...
2012. július 13., péntek
Picture a Day: The Sabbath Walk to the Western Wall -- An Ancie...
Picture a Day: The Sabbath Walk to the Western Wall -- An Ancie...: Jews at Western Wall (circa 1917). Note presence of women, Ashkenazi Jews with the fur hats, and Sephardi Jews with the fez. From the ...
2012. július 9., hétfő
Picture a Day: The Jewish Valero Family Owned the Land outside of...
Picture a Day: The Jewish Valero Family Owned the Land outside of...: Chaim Aharon Valero (1845-1923) By some accounts , the Valero family arrived in Jerusalem in the 18th or 19th centuries from Turk...
2012. június 29., péntek
Picture a Day: Celebrating July 4th in the Holy Land 100 Years Ag...
Picture a Day: Celebrating July 4th in the Holy Land 100 Years Ag...: 4th of July commemoration in Jerusalem with flags and toy guns (circa 1905). Note the Swedish flag; some of the American Colony mem...
2012. június 27., szerda
Picture a Day: The Jewish State in Formation Required Major Indus...
Picture a Day: The Jewish State in Formation Required Major Indus...: Palestine Potash Company on the shore of the Dead Sea (c 1937). Note the airplane, upper right corner of picture. In the late 19th and...
Picture a Day: Steamroller in Jerusalem 100 Years Ago -- an Updat...
Picture a Day: Steamroller in Jerusalem 100 Years Ago -- an Updat...: " Steamroller (sic) in Jerusalem " with U.S. and Turkish flag outside of the Old City's Jaffa Gate We recently posted a feature on a ...
2012. június 25., hétfő
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Photo Identified. New depth to th...
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Photo Identified. New depth to th...: " A Jewish colony " dated sometime between 1898 and 1946. Where and when was the picture taken? The buildings in the circles help identi...
2012. június 22., péntek
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Photo -- A Steamroller in Jerusale...
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Photo -- A Steamroller in Jerusale...: " Steamroller on Jerusalem Street" is the caption The Library of Congress provides little information about this dynamic picture in Jer...
2012. június 21., csütörtök
Picture a Day: Ultra-Orthodox Jews also Established Agricultural ...
Picture a Day: Ultra-Orthodox Jews also Established Agricultural ...: The blacksmith of Kfar Chassidim and former resident of a Polish shtetl. (1935) Many of the kibbutz and moshav agricultural communit...
2012. június 18., hétfő
Picture a Day: What Is "Carding Cotton?"Old photograph shows old ...
Picture a Day: What Is "Carding Cotton?"Old photograph shows old ...: Jews carding cotton The caption on this picture from the Library of Congress' American Colony collection reads "Jews Carding Cotton " so...
2012. június 14., csütörtök
Picture a Day: How Strange Does the American Colony Story Get? ...
Picture a Day: How Strange Does the American Colony Story Get? ...: Jacob Eliahu Spafford Meet Jacob David Eliahu, born in 1864 to Turkish Jewish parents in Palestine. Jacob and his parents were conve...
2012. június 12., kedd
Picture a Day: Who Was Mendel Kremer? Jewish pharmacist, Turkish...
Picture a Day: Who Was Mendel Kremer? Jewish pharmacist, Turkish...: British commissioner Samuel (center), Chief Rabbi Kook (in fur hat), and Mendel Kremer in white suit (1925). Who was this man? Centra...
Picture a Day: A Mystery Picture of a "Triumphal Arch in Jerusal...
Picture a Day: A Mystery Picture of a "Triumphal Arch in Jerusal...: " Triumphal arch " in Jerusalem, sometime between 1898 and 1946 Where? Why? When? There are many pictures in the American Colony collec...
2012. május 24., csütörtök
Picture a Day: Why the Photographer Loved Yemenite Jews 120 Years...
Picture a Day: Why the Photographer Loved Yemenite Jews 120 Years...: " Arab Jew from Yemen " (circa 1900) Skim through the pages of Israel Daily Picture and you will see dozens of pictures of Yemenite Jew...
2012. május 23., szerda
Picture a Day: Shavuot, One of the Jewish Pilgrimage Festivals. V...
Picture a Day: Shavuot, One of the Jewish Pilgrimage Festivals. V...: Russian pilgrims on the way to Jericho. See more pictures of Russian pilgrims - Women's hostel in Jerusalem (1899) Russian Pilgrims a...
2012. május 22., kedd
Picture a Day: Jerusalem Day, Celebrating the Reunification of Je...
Picture a Day: Jerusalem Day, Celebrating the Reunification of Je...: Larsson's famous 1917 picture of the surrender of Jerusalem to two British sergeants Lewis Larsson was one of the founders of the ...
2012. május 21., hétfő
Picture a Day: The Book of Ruth Comes Alive in Antique Photos Ta...
Picture a Day: The Book of Ruth Comes Alive in Antique Photos Ta...: " Ruth the Moabitess " The Jewish holiday of Shavuot- Pentecost will be celebrated next week . The holiday has several traditional n...
Picture a Day: Jerusalem Day, Celebrating the Reunification of Je...
Picture a Day: Jerusalem Day, Celebrating the Reunification of Je...: Larsson's famous 1917 picture of the surrender of Jerusalem to two British sergeants Lewis Larsson was one of the founders of the ...
2012. május 18., péntek
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Picture: Who, What, Where and When...
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Picture: Who, What, Where and When...: The "family" in this undated stereographic photo . (Two of the men appear to be blind. Four of the men are smoking or holding cigarettes...
2012. május 15., kedd
Picture a Day: You Are Invited to the Wedding of Barukh and Khann...
Picture a Day: You Are Invited to the Wedding of Barukh and Khann...: The wedding of Barukh and Khanna, circa 1870. The bride and groom are beneath a tallit serving as the chuppa (canopy). Channa is the t...
2012. május 14., hétfő
Picture a Day: Ancient Pictures of the Western Wall, Including On...
Picture a Day: Ancient Pictures of the Western Wall, Including On...: The Kotel in the 1860s. Note how narrow and confined the alleyway was. ( Palestine Exploration Fund ) This photograph from the Pal...
2012. május 10., csütörtök
Picture a Day: Zichron Yaakov, 130 Years Old, Is One of the Jewel...
Picture a Day: Zichron Yaakov, 130 Years Old, Is One of the Jewel...: Zichron Yaakov synagogue (circa 1900) and here Zichron Yaakov was one of the first new Jewish settlements in Palestine, established in ...
2012. május 7., hétfő
Picture a Day: Lag B'Omer Commemorated Next Week. How Was It Ce...
Picture a Day: Lag B'Omer Commemorated Next Week. How Was It Ce...: The Enigmatic Photograph from the Library of Congress: A Jewish Children’s Parade a Long Time Ago Many questions : Who, Why, Whe...
Picture a Day: A 1913 Film of Eretz Yisrael. If a Picture is Wor...
Picture a Day: A 1913 Film of Eretz Yisrael. If a Picture is Wor...: The 11th Zionist Congress met in Vienna in August 1913. Four months earlier, in April, a film crew left Odessa by ship to pr...
Picture a Day: Ancient Pictures of an Ancient Jewish Community in...
Picture a Day: Ancient Pictures of an Ancient Jewish Community in...: Jews sitting in their Samarkand Sukka (circa 1870) See another view of the Sukka here Bukharan Jews, from what is today the Central A...
Picture a Day: Jews Celebrate Lag B'Omer This Week. How was it ...
Picture a Day: Jews Celebrate Lag B'Omer This Week. How was it ...: Meron and tomb of Shimon BarYochai (circa 1930) Wednesday evening Jews around the world will celebrate Lag B'Omer ,...
2012. április 20., péntek
Picture a Day: The Turks Defeated the British in Gaza 95 Years ag...
Picture a Day: The Turks Defeated the British in Gaza 95 Years ag...: In the early 1900s, the British Empire relied on the Suez Canal to maintain communications and trade with India, Australia and New Zealand. ...
2012. április 12., csütörtök
Picture a Day: Newly found pictures show Deir Yassin's commanding...
Picture a Day: Newly found pictures show Deir Yassin's commanding...: View from the trenches looking west toward the Kastel stronghold and Tel Aviv beyond, 1917. The caption on a similar photo reads "Kast...
2012. április 2., hétfő
Picture a Day: April 1 -- The Anniversary of Hebrew University's ...
Picture a Day: April 1 -- The Anniversary of Hebrew University's ...: Balfour lays the Hebrew University foundation stone , 1918 The establishment of the Hebrew University on Mt. Scopus was clearly a moment...
2012. március 27., kedd
Picture a Day: The "Other" Passover Commemoration -- The Samarit...
Picture a Day: The "Other" Passover Commemoration -- The Samarit...: Samarian high priest Yitzhak ben Amram ben Shalma ben Tabia (circa 1900). View other pictures of priests here and here The Samarita...
2012. március 22., csütörtök
Picture a Day: Passover in the Holy Land: Pilgrimage to Jerus...
Picture a Day: Passover in the Holy Land: Pilgrimage to Jerus...: " Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives, showing the throngs in the city at Passover time (1911)" Passover is one of the three pilgrimage fe...
2012. március 13., kedd
Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem -- Herod's Gate Part 8 of a...
Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem -- Herod's Gate Part 8 of a...: Herod's Gate (circa 1898) Herod's Gate is located at the northeast corner of Jerusalem's Old City between Damascus Gate and Lion's Gate,...
2012. március 6., kedd
Picture a Day: Purim in the Holy Land: Tales of Disguise, Mirth a...
Picture a Day: Purim in the Holy Land: Tales of Disguise, Mirth a...: The American Colony's " Book Club " (1898). Almost certainly not Purim-related, but great costumes! Purim provides the Jewish comics' c...
2012. március 4., vasárnap
Picture a Day: Incredible 1925 Film of Jerusalem, Commissioned by...
Picture a Day: Incredible 1925 Film of Jerusalem, Commissioned by...: Albert Kahn , 1914 ( Albert Kahn Museum ) While the American Colony photographers were assembling their collection of pictures of the H...
2012. március 1., csütörtök
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Picture from the Library of Congre...
Picture a Day: Another Mystery Picture from the Library of Congre...: Captioned " Turkish procession ," dated between 1898 and 1918. Click on the picture or the link to enlarge the picture The Library o...
Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem -- The New Gate Part 7 ...
Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem -- The New Gate Part 7 ...: The New Gate (circa 1900), still unpaved The Old City of Jerusalem is surrounded by four kilometers (2.5 miles) of walls built by the...
2012. február 27., hétfő
Picture a Day: The Mount of Olives' 3,000 Year Old Cemetery, De...
Picture a Day: The Mount of Olives' 3,000 Year Old Cemetery, De...: Funeral procession to Mt of Olives (circa 1900). See another view of the procession here An estimated 150,000 Jews have been buried...
Picture a Day: A Tribute to the Besieged Syrians in Homs and Hama...
Picture a Day: A Tribute to the Besieged Syrians in Homs and Hama...: Ancient noria (water wheel) in Hama on the Orontes River The American Colony photographers were based in Jerusalem for the 60 years of ...
2012. február 16., csütörtök
Picture a Day: Preview: The Sabbath Walk in Jerusalem's Old City ...
Picture a Day: Preview: The Sabbath Walk in Jerusalem's Old City ...: " Orthodox Jews on their usual walk to the Wailing Wall" (circa 1935) Here are two photographs of the forthcoming feature on worshi...
2012. február 10., péntek
Picture a Day: Chaim Nachman Bialik, Israel's National Poet His F...
Picture a Day: Chaim Nachman Bialik, Israel's National Poet His F...: Tens of thousands attended Bialik's funeral in Tel Aviv, outside of the synagogue, July 16, 1934 The poems of Chaim Nachman Bialik (...
2012. február 6., hétfő
Picture a Day: Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees, Is Cele...
Picture a Day: Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees, Is Cele...: Reforested hills along the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem, near Bab el-Wad, or Sha'ar HaGuy (circa 1930) The Jewish National Fund was est...
2012. február 4., szombat
Picture a Day: The Tensions between Jerusalem's Religious and Sec...
Picture a Day: The Tensions between Jerusalem's Religious and Sec...: " Police intercede in Orthodox attempt to break up the Maccabee football game" (1930s) The neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo in northern Jer...
Picture a Day: Today, It's Called "Forex." Then It Was Called ...
Picture a Day: Today, It's Called "Forex." Then It Was Called ...: Jewish money changer (1930s) For millennia the commerce of the world has had to deal with different currencies. The Bible refers to vari...
Picture a Day: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It ... Rain
Picture a Day: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It ... Rain: " Snowballing on Jaffa Road" in Jerusalem (1942) Israelis love to see snow. The ski slopes on Mt. Hermon in the Golan Heights are clog...
2012. február 3., péntek
Picture a Day: These Kibbutzim of the Jezreel Valley Were Dedicat...
Picture a Day: These Kibbutzim of the Jezreel Valley Were Dedicat...: The children of Geva (circa 1930) Kibbutz Geva and Kibbutz Ein Harod were established in the early 1920s in the Gilboa region of the Jez...
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