SOLDIERS OF IDF VS ARAB TERRORISTS

SOLDIERS OF IDF VS ARAB TERRORISTS

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Extraordinary Photos of Everyday Life in Jerusalem 75 Years Ago

The American Colony photographers clearly enjoyed taking portraits of Jerusalem's citizens, particularly the poor, new immigrant and ultra-Orthodox Jews of Mea Shearim, the Old City, and the Bukharin Quarter.  


Yemenite fruit vendor in Jerusalem


Jewish milkman in Jerusalem
"Jewish scribe"
 







"Young Jewish jeweler using the
blow pipe"
  
Money Changer. The signs behind him say "room for rent, store
for rent, and apartment for rent." The name of the money
changer appears on the sign: Leib Goldberger, along with "Geld
Wexler" -- money changer in Yiddish. [thanks to readers who
caught our earlier mistake on the translation!]
 
Fruit store in Mea Shearim