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Showing posts with label Damascus Gate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Damascus Gate. Show all posts
Thursday, May 29, 2014
The Gates of Jerusalem's Old City -- In Honor of "Jerusalem Day"
Friday, May 23, 2014
Pro-Israel Bill Stalls in U.S. Senate - ISRAEL365
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
When the Lord brought back those that returned to Zion - Psalm 126
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Walls & Gates of Jerusalem -- More Pictures from the Emory University Collection
| Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) It's the final countdown... 1,000,000 visitors to Israel Daily Picture  Tell us why you enjoy viewing Israel Daily Picture in the comment section below.     Recommend Israel Daily Picture to your friends and family.  The Walls & Gates of Jerusalem -- More Pictures from the Emory University Collection, Part 3  Damascus Gate 1. (Emory Collection, circa 1905) Note shops on the right. Was this the first "strip mall?" We present part 3 of the digitalized photos of the Underwood & Underwood stereoscope collection, Palestine through the Stereoscope, from Emory University's Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology. In this feature we present the pictures of Jerusalem's walls and gates. By comparing the photos to the photo essays presented here over the last two years we are able to date the pictures. Click on pictures to enlarge. Click on captions to view the original pictures. Damascus Gate 1: The shops on the right of the square belonged to a Jewish banker name Chaim Aharon Valero (circa 1905). The domes of the Hurva and Tiferet Yisrael synagogues are on the horizon on the left of the picture. Both were destroyed by the Jordanian Legion in 1948. Read more about Valero here.  Damascus Gate 2. photographed by Mendel Diness. Note how barren the area outside of the wall was. (Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, circa 1856) Damascus Gate 2: Mendel Diness, a Jewish watchmaker, became Jerusalem's first Jewish photographer and is credited with photographing the Damascus Gate in the 1850s. Later he left Palestine and became a Christian preacher in the United States named Mendenhall John Dennis. Read more about Diness/Dennis and his photo collection found in a Minnesota garage sale.  Damascus Gate 3 Construction of the row of Valero's shops outside the gate. (Library of Congress, circa 1900) Damascus Gate 3: The picture shows the construction of Valero's shops. In the 1930s, the British authorities ruled that the area should be zoned for use as "open spaces" and they demolished the shops in 1937. The Valeros were not compensated. View pictures of the demolition here. MOREL http://www.israeldailypicture.com/ |
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Amazing Jerusalem- Tour of the Old City
Maha Yakoub of Nazareth, Israel
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Israeli History Photo of the Week
Israeli History Photo of the Week: The Valero Family Property in Damascus Gate
Photo : American Colony-Jerusalem-Photo Dept.
07/12/2012
The domes of the Hurva and Tifferet Yisrael
synagogues are on the horizon on the left of the picture. (circa 1900).
synagogues are on the horizon on the left of the picture. (circa 1900).
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 riots, and the building of Tel Aviv.
By some accounts, the Valerofamily arrived in Jerusalem in the 18th or 19th centuries from Turkey . Researchers have even suggested that the family were once Conversos - secret Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity in Spain. They later traveled to Turkey and returned to their Jewish faith.
In Jerusalem, the family took up residence in the Old City of Jerusalem. According to a monograph by Hebrew University's Prof. Ruth Kark and Joseph Glass, Ya'akov Valero arrived in Jerusalem in 1835 from Istanbul . Originally a ritual slaughterer, Valero opened a private bank - the first in Palestine - in 1848, located inside Jaffa Gate in the Old City. When Ya'akov died in 1874, the banking and real estate enterprise was eventually taken over by his son Chaim Aharon.
Among the Valeros' land holdings were tracts outside of the Old City on Jaffa Road, the area that eventually became the Mahane Yehuda market, the grounds of the Bikur Holim hospital, and several acres around Damascus Gate, a hub of commerce in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Prior to World War I Chaim Aharon built and leased stores at the entrance of Damascus Gate, seen in the pictures above.
In the 1930s, the British authorities ruled that the area should be zoned for use as "open spaces" and they demolished the shops in 1937. The Valeros were not compensated.
More photos can be viewed at http://www.israeldailypicture.com
http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=277254
By some accounts, the Valero
American Colony-Jerusalem-Photo Dept.
Damascus Gate and Valero property
Among the Valeros' land holdings were tracts outside of the Old City on Jaffa Road.
Among the Valeros' land holdings were tracts outside of the Old City on Jaffa Road, the area that eventually became the Mahane Yehuda market, the grounds of the Bikur Holim hospital, and several acres around Damascus Gate, a hub of commerce in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Prior to World War I Chaim Aharon built and leased stores at the entrance of Damascus Gate, seen in the pictures above.
In the 1930s, the British authorities ruled that the area should be zoned for use as "open spaces" and they demolished the shops in 1937. The Valeros were not compensated.
More photos can be viewed at http://www.israeldailypicture.com
http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=277254
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