29.07.2011                      27.Tammus, 5771

Historische Bilder:

Israeli history photo of the week: Ancient city of Tiberias

JPost special feature: A Library of Congress collection of photographs that document Israel before the creation of the state.

The Library of Congress has recently digitalized a collection of over 10,000 photographs, taken by the "American Colony" in Jerusalem, a group of Christian utopians who lived in Jerusalem between 1881 and the 1940s. The photographers returned to the US, and bequeathed their massive collection to the Library of Congress in 1978.
The collection includes Winston Churchill's visit to Jerusalem, Jewish expulsions from the Old City during Arab riots, and the building of Tel Aviv.
This week's selection displays snapshots of the city Tiberias–a Jewish center in the Galilee for the past 2,000 years….