Found this amazing collection of photos of Israel from the 1960s (
source)
Machaneh Yehuda, Jerusalem
Building the Israel Museum, Jerusalem Jerusalem...Can you guess the area? (mystery 1) Building the Knesset, Jerusalem. Note the tiny sign on the right...today, it would have a massive sign... Nachlaot, Jerusalem Maabarot - Talpiyot, Jerusalem Kings Hotel, Jerusalem Mamila, Jerusalem Nachlaot, Jerusalem Machaneh Yehuda, Jerusalem Tel Aviv Entrance to Jerusalem on Highway 1, near Givat Shaul Meah Shearim, Jerusalem (nothing ever changes there...) Shaar HaAshpot,
the Dung Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem Binyanei HaUma, Jerusalem Kiryat HaYovel, Jerusalem Visiting Israel?
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Mystery Location 1:
ReplyDeleteIt appears to be modern day Kiryat Hamemshalah, i.e. foreign ministry supreme court, bank of Israel etc.
Really enjoyed these photos, thanks.
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Daniela
http://isreview1.blogspot.com
Oy, this makes me feel OLD! This is the way I remember Jerusalem. (Here I am masquerading as an immigrant, lousy accent and all, and you are posting 'historic' pictures which are of the Jerusalem I lived in for the first decade of my life here. When I come to Jerusalem now, I feel like saying 'what have they done with to my city????'
ReplyDeleteIsrael had two million in the 1960s and its hard to believe how fast the country developed in four decades and its population nearly quadrupled.
ReplyDeleteThere are more Jews living in Israel today than at any time during antiquity and within a generation nearly all of the world's Jews will live there.
Thanks, I so much enjoy seeing these pictures. It's amazing how much things have changed. Growth, growth and more growth. The beautification of the Middle East.
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