Picture a Day: The Prisoners of War in Palestine, 1917 British, ...

Picture a Day: The Prisoners of War in Palestine, 1917 British, ...: Captured German officers leading other prisoners captured near Jericho, July 1918. Guarded by Australian cavalrymen See also here As n...

Picture a Day: Sukkot (Tabernacles) Holiday in Jerusalem 100 Year...

Picture a Day: Sukkot (Tabernacles) Holiday in Jerusalem 100 Year...: r> Bukharan family in their sukka (circa 1900). Note the man on the right holding the citron and palm branch  As soon as the Yom Kipp...

Picture a Day: Where Is "Tell Pioth?"

Picture a Day: Where Is "Tell Pioth?": Tell Pioth (1925) is known as the Jerusalem neighborhood of Talpiot  today  This pastoral picture from the Library of Congress collect...

Picture a Day: Jews Pray on their Holiest Day of the Year at thei...

Picture a Day: Jews Pray on their Holiest Day of the Year at thei...: Jews at the Kotel on Yom Kippur (circa 1904) See analysis of the grafitti on the wall for dating this picture. This week Jews around ...

Picture a Day: Phenomenal 1918 Film Clip of Jerusalem

Picture a Day: Phenomenal 1918 Film Clip of Jerusalem: A screen capture from the 1918 film (YouTube) In honor of Yom Kippur, we break away from our normal presentation of Library of Congress ...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem, Part IV: The Golden Gate ...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem, Part IV: The Golden Gate ...: Exterior of the sealed Golden Gate . (circa 1860) The Golden Gate ( Sha'ar Harachamim, Gate of Mercy) of Jerusalem's Old City wall has sp...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Western Wall on Yom Kippur ...

Picture a Day: A Picture a Day -- The Western Wall on Yom Kippur ...: Prayers at the Kotel The Library of Congress Matson collection labels this picture as "Atonement Day crowd. Closer view at the Wailing ...

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 Children of Eretz Yisrael 90 Years Ago

Picture a Day: The Children of Eretz Yisrael 90 Years Ago: Original caption : "Zionist colonies on Sharon. Ben-Shemen, Kindergarten. Children at play" circa 1920 The Moshav Ben-Shemen was esta...

Picture a Day: Jerusalem's Nablus Road - Where History Marched

Picture a Day: Jerusalem's Nablus Road - Where History Marched: The Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem's Old City faces west to Jaffa. Just head out on Jaffa Road. The Jericho Road heads east, and the Hebron Road le...

Picture a Day: The Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, 100 Ye...

Picture a Day: The Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, 100 Ye...: Closed for the Sabbath , 1900 The caption on the Library of Congress picture reads, "Closed shops of the Jewish Quarter on the Jewish Sab...

Picture a Day: Extinct Jewish Communities in the Middle East - Pa...

Picture a Day: Extinct Jewish Communities in the Middle East - Pa...: Ezekiel's tomb with rabbi caretakers
The photographers of the American Colony were a peripatetic bunch, traveling not only the length...

Picture a Day: Extinct Jewish Communities in the Middle East - Pa...

Picture a Day: Extinct Jewish Communities in the Middle East - Pa...: 1901, Jewish family in Damascus
The American Colony photographers took pictures of Jewish communities as they traveled throughout the ...

Picture a Day: Straining to Glimpse the Western Wall and Temple M...

Picture a Day: Straining to Glimpse the Western Wall and Temple M...: Longing from afar . The Western Wall and Temple Mount It is unclear when this picture was taken.  The title on the Library of Congress ...

Picture a Day: "David, the King of Israel, Lives On"

Picture a Day: "David, the King of Israel, Lives On": King David's Tomb (circa 1900). The original caption was "Tabernacle." A thousand year old Jewish tradition believes that King David is...

Picture a Day: The Fruit of the Vine Restored to Eretz Yisrael in...

Picture a Day: The Fruit of the Vine Restored to Eretz Yisrael in...: Grape picking in Rishon Lezion beneath the eye of armed guard, 1939 Wine always played an important role in Judaism and ancient Israel...

Picture a Day: Hating Jews Years Before Israel Was Created

Picture a Day: Hating Jews Years Before Israel Was Created: Anti-Zionist demonstration at Damascus Gate  The defeat of the Turks in late 1917 created a vacuum in Palesti...

Picture a Day: 1937: The Yishuv's Response to the "Arab Revolt" -...

Picture a Day: 1937: The Yishuv's Response to the "Arab Revolt" -...:   Ein Gev : Inside the settlement showing look-out tower with mounted searchlight (circa 1937).  The Golan Heights are the hills above...

Picture a Day: The Ancient Synagogues of Jerusalem – Part 1, the ...

Picture a Day: The Ancient Synagogues of Jerusalem – Part 1, the ...: Two synagogues 1900 For centuries the Old City of Jerusalem was home to almost all of Jerusalem’s Jews. They chose to stay close to the ...

Picture a Day: The Ancient Synagogues of Jerusalem – Part 2 The I...

Picture a Day: The Ancient Synagogues of Jerusalem – Part 2 The I...: Old City landscape in 1900. The domed buildings were the Churva and Tifreret Yisrael synagogues When the Jews returned to the Old City ...

Picture a Day: Ancient Synagogues of Jerusalem - Part 3 - The Chu...

Picture a Day: Ancient Synagogues of Jerusalem - Part 3 - The Chu...: Al Aqsa dome (left), Churva (right) circa 1864 A Tribute to the Churva's Builder, Avraham Shlomo Zalman HaTsoref, on the 200th Anniversa...

Picture a Day: The Arab Revolt in Palestine, Part III The Railro...

Picture a Day: The Arab Revolt in Palestine, Part III The Railro...: Derailed locomotive , 1936 The Arab attacks against the Jews and British in Palestine were frequently directed against motor vehicles a...

Picture a Day: Children of the Old Yishuv -- Jerusalem, 80 Years ...

Picture a Day: Children of the Old Yishuv -- Jerusalem, 80 Years ...: " Little boy , Moshe & Shlomo go to Wailing Wall with their father" (1934) The American Colony photographers clearly loved to take pictur...

Picture a Day: Who Is this Man, and Why Was He So Hated? Hassan ...

Picture a Day: Who Is this Man, and Why Was He So Hated? Hassan ...: Hassan Bey the Tyrant of Jaffa Until their defeat in 1917, the Turks ruled Palestine, often with an iron first. The American Colony phot...

Picture a Day: The Surrender of Jerusalem to British Forces in 19...

Picture a Day: The Surrender of Jerusalem to British Forces in 19...: Handwritten caption : "The Mayor of Jerusalem Hussein Effendi El Husseini meeting with Srgts Sedwick and Hurcomb..., London Regiment, un...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem Then and Now, Part III -- T...

Picture a Day: The Gates of Jerusalem Then and Now, Part III -- T...: Lions Gate  also known as St. Stephen's Gate 1860 The Old City of Jerusalem is surrounded by four kilometers (2.5 miles) of walls built ...

Picture a Day: Who Is a Jew -- More than 100 Years Ago in Jerusa...

Picture a Day: Who Is a Jew -- More than 100 Years Ago in Jerusa...: Sometimes it's hard to tell the Jewish players in Jerusalem today without a scorecard.  It was probably even harder 100 or 140 years ago. ...

Picture a Day: Does Anyone Know about the Massacre of 19 Jews in ...

Picture a Day: Does Anyone Know about the Massacre of 19 Jews in ...: Tragically, there is a long list of massacres of Jews over the last 100 years in Eretz Yisrael:   1929 in Hebron, 1929 in Safad, 1948 the Ha...

Picture a Day: Solving Another Mystery: "The Russian Proselytes o...

Picture a Day: Solving Another Mystery: "The Russian Proselytes o...:  Who are these " Russian Proselytes of Khudera?"  The Library of Congress' American Colony photo collection is full of mysterious pic...

Picture a Day: "Blow the Shofar at the New Moon...Because It Is a...

Picture a Day: "Blow the Shofar at the New Moon...Because It Is a...: Yemenite Jew blowing the shofar (circa 1935) Jews around the world prepare for Rosh Hashana later this week, the festive New Year holida...

Picture a Day: Have a Sweet Year -- with the Honey Produced in t...

Picture a Day: Have a Sweet Year -- with the Honey Produced in t...: Borochov Girls Farm , bee culture. (circa 1925) According to Jewish tradition, when the Bible describes the Land of Israel as the "land ...