Camp of New Immigrants on the Sea Shore of Tel Aviv
Camp of New Immigrants on the Sea Shore of Tel Aviv (Today the End of Allenby Street), 1915.
The Zionist Movement
Founding of Tel Aviv, 1909
Tel Aviv was founded on April 11, 1909. On that day, several dozen families gathered on the sand dunes on the beach outside Jaffa to allocate plots of land for a new neighborhood they called Ahuzat Bayit, later known as Tel Aviv. As the families could not decide how to allocate the land, they held a […]
The Village of Siloam
Photographs of the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, Charles W. Wilson, 1865. An official Ottoman village list from about 1870 shows that the village of Siloam (Silwan) had a total of 92 houses and an adult male population of 240. In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund’s Survey of Western Palestine described Silwan as a “village perched on […]
Pool of Hezekiah
Photographs of the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, Charles W. Wilson, 1865.
The Zionist Movement, 1799-1917
Overview The Development of Zionism in the Nineteenth Century, Based on Albright, et al, Palestine- A Study of Jewish, Arab and British Policies, vol. 1, Yale University Press, 1947. The First World War and the Balfour Declaration, Based on Albright, et al, Palestine- A Study of Jewish, Arab and British Policies, vol. 1, Yale University […]
Lion’s Gate, 19th century
The Lion’s gate is located on the Eastern side of the Old City and leads into the Christian Quarter. Near the top of the gate are four statues of panthers, often mistaken for lions. They were originally put there by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to celebrate the defeat of the Ottoman Mamluks in 1517. During the Six Day […]
Albert Einstein and Leaders of the World Zionist Organization, 1921
Leaders of the World Zionist Organization on their arrival at New York. Principal Mossinson, Professor Einstein, Dr. Weizmann, Dr. Ussishkin. Source- “Professor Einstein’s Visit to the United States,” The Scientific Monthly 12-5 (1921), 482-485, on 484. See also- Albert Einstein
Ze’ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky
(1880–1940), Zionist leader, founder of Revisionist Party. See also: Jabotinsky, Vladimir, YIVO Encyclopedia
Capture of Jerusalem, 1917
“Due to the severity of the siege of the city and the suffering that this peaceful country has endured from your heavy guns; and for fear that these deadly bombs will hit the holy places, we are forced to hand over to you the city through Hussein al-Husseini, the mayor of Jerusalem, hoping that you […]
Nov. 2, 1917, The Balfour Declaration
Dear Lord Rothschild, I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet. “His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, […]