In 1865, Charles Wilson published the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, with photographs of key sites in the city. Looking through these pictures, you are taken back in time to the beauty and desolateness of nineteenth century Jerusalem. This is the cover page of the book:
A picture of the Al-Aksa Mosque from the book:
And a picture [...]
If you’re interested in blogs about contemporary Israel, check these out:
1.60Israelis.com is publishing the pictures of 60 Israelis for 60 years. Each picture comes with a short bio. Included so far are: Derrick Sharpe – a Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball player, Mirit Greenberg – former Miss Israel, Cabra Kasai, an Ethiopian musician, and more.
2. I [...]
On May 26, 1948, Chaim Weizmann, president of the new country of Israel, set sail from New York to Israel. He stopped in Paris for three weeks. Weizmann and his wife Vera refused to stop in Great Britain in protest over its refusal to recognize the State of Israel. Vera Weizmann [...]
Congratulations to the City of David website on winning the UN World Summit Awards. The citation stated:
“Its fabulous visuals and rich description of the site – in English, Spanish, Hebrew, French and Russian – bring to life the only place on earth where the only guidebook needed is the Bible itself.”
The City of David [...]
A Hebrew book by Oren Soffer is reviewed in Haaretz. The book is called There Is No Place for Pilpul! Hazefirah Journal and the Modernization of Sociopolitical Discourse, and focuses on Hebrew journalism in the nineteenth century, particularly a journal called Hazefirah. The journal was published in Warsaw and eventually became a daily. Nahum Sokolow [...]
The Tyndale Tech blog has compiled a list of online resources for maps which can be used for teaching Biblical Studies. He points out that maps are great for pulling out towards the end of a lecture to wake up a class. Maps are extremely useful for visualizing the events of a biblical passage or [...]
Hillel Cohen’s book, Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948, has already been mentioned on this blog. Benny Morris, at The New Republic, has written a lengthy review of the book. He compares Arab collaboration during the British Mandate and the Independence Day War to Arab construction in Israeli settlements today. He lists some [...]
Rabbi Judah the Prince (HaNasi) headed the Sanhedrin from about 160-200 CE. He was based in Beth Shearim until ill health forced him to move to Zippori. Despite the move, he was buried in Beth Shearim according to his request. Thereafter, Beth Shearim became a popular burial place. In Greco-Roman Israel, people were buried initially [...]
Krister Stendahl died at the age of 86 on Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2008. Dr. Stendahl was a Swedish bishop, former dean of the Harvard Divinity School and professor of Christian Studies. In addition, he worked tirelessly to improve Jewish-Christian relations, serving as co-director of the Osher Center for Tolerance and Pluralism at the Shalom-Hartman [...]
One way to celebrate Israel’s sixtieth birthday is to read this new blog, 60Bloggers. Begun on April 8th and continuing for 60 days, bloggers from around the world are sharing their thoughts about Israel. From a list of 60 reasons to love Israel to an essay on Hungarian Jewry and Zionism, this blog is worth [...]
