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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ,...