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 ...

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...

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 (...

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...

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...

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...