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...