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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...