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Bassan is particularly well known for his photographs of the Old Yishuv, the community of Jews established well before the arrival of Zionist pioneers. He was the first Jewish photographer born in…
Contributor:
Tsadok Bassan
Places:
Jerusalem (Palestine, Palestine)
Date:
1920–1929
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This photograph of a discus thrower refers to the Zionist idea of “muscular Judaism,” in which the “new” Jew would celebrate and cultivate the body, sports, and physical fitness. When Grschebina…
Contributor:
Liselotte Grschebina
Places:
Mandate Palestine (Palestine, Palestine)
Date:
1937