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 ...