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In 1906, the Ahuzat Bayit (homestead) society was created in Jaffa by members of the Yishuv (the Jewish community of Palestine) as a planned “Hebrew” community, designed in accordance with the latest…
Lerski’s portrait of a young Polish Jewish immigrant to Palestine is in his distinctive, expressionist style. Using mirrors and reflectors to emphasize the transformative powers of light, Lerski liked…
The photomontages that Benor-Kalter began to make in the 1930s were a departure from his earlier straightforward style and allowed him to use photography to create visual metaphors. Here, a…
After the Yom Kippur War (1973), it became increasingly common for Israeli artists to address political issues and criticize Israeli society. In 1974, Na’aman placed two signs on the Tel Aviv beach…
Zikhron Ya‘akov was first established near the city of Haifa as an agricultural settlement in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from Romania. A year later, it became the beneficiary of philanthropist Baron…
Perhaps the most iconic photograph of the Six Day War is this one, of three Israeli paratroopers at the Western Wall shortly after its capture by the Israeli army on the third day of the war. A few…
Founded in 1906 as Rishon Lezion Yafo, the sports association changed its name to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1910. Maccabi, the first Jewish sports association, was established in Istanbul in 1895 primarily…
Paul Goldman was notable for keeping his distance from his subjects, perhaps as a show of respect. He photographed many of Israel’s early leaders. Here, David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister…
Kibbutz Netzer Sereni was established by Holocaust survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp. In fact, its original name was Kibbutz Buchenwald. It is now named for Enzo Sereni, an Italian…
