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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...