Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Jews of Jerusalem 100 years...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Jews of Jerusalem 100 years...: ca. 1890 - Color was hand-painted at the time.
The "Jewish State" did not begin in 1948. It didn't even start with Theodore Herzl ...

Picture a Day: Newly found pictures show Deir Yassin's commanding...

Picture a Day: Newly found pictures show Deir Yassin's commanding...: The Arab village of Deir Yassin is the subject of one of the biggest controversies of Israel's 1948-49 War of Independence.  The village, si...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Western Wall in the early 2...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Western Wall in the early 2...: Western Wall in red (circa 1925) Jews have flocked to the Kotel (Western Wall) for many centuries in order to pray close to the site of ...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- Building Tel Aviv

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- Building Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 by the Jewish community of Jaffa who built the new town on nearby sand dunes along the coast.  These photos are...

Picture a Day: Jewish Pilgrims and Jewish Peasants? You Decide

Picture a Day: Jewish Pilgrims and Jewish Peasants? You Decide: Jews or Christians?  " Russian pilgrims to Jerusalem aboard vessel in Beirut harbor" (1903) Looking through the 22,000 American Colony ...

Picture a Day: The Balfour Declaration Was Issued 94 Years Ago In...

Picture a Day: The Balfour Declaration Was Issued 94 Years Ago In...: Balfour's reception in Tel Aviv (April 1925) The government of Great Britain issued the Balfour Declaration 94 years ago this week, on N...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem Then and Now, Part V -- Dun...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem Then and Now, Part V -- Dun...: , Dung Gate  interior (circa 1900) The wall of Jerusalem's Old City and many of the gates that we see today were built in 1540 during t...