A. A market in Jaffa
B. New immigrants at Jaffa Port
C. Wooden engraving – a young man in Jerusalem
D. A girl on Jaffa's beach
E. Tel Aviv, 1921: Simchoni, Binyamini, Feller, Yitzhak Ben Zvi, Zeev Feinstein (Photo: Soskin)
F. Postcard caption reads: Soldiers' House in Jerusalem
Postcards from good old Land of Israel
In honor of end of High Holidays, which opened a new Jewish year, we bring you a collection of old postcards documenting country's landscapes, life
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
"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)
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