#shabbatshalom from Jerusalem. Check out this collection of before and after photos from familiar views in the holy city. #jerusalemday Photos: Noam Chen The above photo is a view of the Western Wall, 1920 and today. David Citadel, 1898 and Today. Tower of David, 1930’s and Today. Jewish Cemetery on […]
In 1967, Israeli paratroopers broke through Jerusalem in the 6-day-war ending decades of oppression against Jews in the Holy City. In this iconic picture, the three paratroopers who were photographed standing at the Western Wall are pictured together again 50 years later. #jerusalemday Photos: David Rubinger Government Press Office/ Sharon […]
Source: The Israel Project via ידיעות אחרונות Yedioth Ahronoth
“A Chanukah present for my father. Recreation of Chanukah candle lighting from 1988, USSR. My father was excited so much that he had tears on his eyes.” – Yehudith Petrosyan
Source: The Israel Project
Defending Israel in the Artillery Corps is a tradition for the Mendil family. On the left, Ron Mendil loads an artillery shell in 1983. Flash forward to 2013 where his son, Sergeant Bar Mendil, fulfills the same important duty.
On the left is Jordana Golding’s mother, then 19 years old, at Dizengoff Square in #TelAviv. On the right is Jordana, in the same location, at the same age, 26 years later. Jordana is making #Aliyah from #London in a few months to join the #IDF. “She encouraged me to fulfill my dreams,” Jordana says of […]
