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Happy #July4 in #Jerusalem! . @USAmbIsrael
A couple of Brits showed up at the American Colony's July 4 celebration in Jer'm.
That's Gen. Edmund Allenby on the left behind the girls and Col. Ronald Storrs, Mil Gov of Jer'm on the right.
Taken in 1918 or 1919.
A couple of Brits showed up at the American Colony's July 4 celebration in Jer'm.
That's Gen. Edmund Allenby on the left behind the girls and Col. Ronald Storrs, Mil Gov of Jer'm on the right.
Taken in 1918 or 1919.
2/2 #July4 pictures taken in 1918, per this pic. (WWI was still raging in the Galilee & TransJordan.)
The British brought their army comedy troupe. The woman is in drag. The "Jewish peddler," dressed in the best Shylock tradition, would probably be considered anti-Semitic today.
The British brought their army comedy troupe. The woman is in drag. The "Jewish peddler," dressed in the best Shylock tradition, would probably be considered anti-Semitic today.
3/4 I just noticed in the Allenby July 4 pic a figure on the right. It appears to be "Uncle Jacob Spafford," born Yaakov Eliyahu & adopted by the Colony's Spaffords. He never married & died in a crash in 1932. He served as manager of the Colony
He earned a place Jer'ms history.
He earned a place Jer'ms history.
4/4 As a boy, Yaakov's credited w discovering the ancient 8th century BCE tablet dedicated by King Hezekiah in Jer'm's Gihon-Silwan rock-hewed tunnel.
Pic: Hezekiah's inscription. Original tablet was chiseled out & taken to the Istanbul Museum (Credit: Tamar Hayardeni, Wikiped)
Pic: Hezekiah's inscription. Original tablet was chiseled out & taken to the Istanbul Museum (Credit: Tamar Hayardeni, Wikiped)
