Ahead of the High Holidays I went to visit Shmuel of Kibbutz Ein Harod. Shmuel collects items from the past, and is the owner of a huge postcard collection.
By looking at these postcards one can understand the image given to the Land of Israel at the start of the Zionist realization. The Jewish population's leaders and public figures were greatly appreciated and honored during those times.
These postcards documented the country, its landscapes and the life in it, but their designers reflected a state of mind, more than just reality. And so, each person can see different things in each postcard and visit places where time has stood still.
1. Jaffa with a 5 cent Levant stamp
2. Eshel Avraham in Hebron
3. St. Anne's Church in Jerusalem
4. Tiberias
5. A casino on the Nahariya beach
6. Tiberias
7. Tel Aviv. The signs on the building read: Rabinovich, Z. Vilesnik. On the bus: Palestine Railways
8. Beit El
9. Rosh Pina
10. The Kinneret colony
11. The Petah Tikva colony
12. Tel Yosef
13. Afula
14. A postcard with an inscription, and on its back two quotations from the Jewish population's leaders: Chaim Weizmann and David Ben-Gurion
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"The homeland's redemption is – now more than ever – a national commandment, understood in its simplicity and greatness." – Chain Weizmann
"The great historic purpose of the national fund – to strike roots of masses of Jews in the homeland's land – its time has now arrived." – David Ben-Gurion
15. Photo postcard (no caption)
16. Euphrates river
17. Postcard caption reads, 'Schnorrer Dance'
18. Palestine, planes over Jewish settlement of Ein Harod in Jezreel Valley
19. Postcard caption says 'Royal camp No. 39 near Jerusalem'
20. Land of Israel Brigade's camp at the foot of Mount Carmel
21. Safed and Mount Canaan
22. Tel Aviv, the corner of the streets seen on photo No. 7
23. Jerusalem's Jaffa Road: A pharmacy near the car and a hotel in the corner
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