Street in Tiberias--One of the Centers of Jewish Culture and Worship Since the Destruction of Jerusalem

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

20.1 x 22.8 cm ( 8 x 9 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Men are on a street beneath an awning. Children are on a second floor balcony.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Jeremiah, iv:1.)--'If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then thou shalt not remove.' We give a street scene in Tiberias because of the view it enables us to get of modern Israelites. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Tiberias became the chief seat of the Jews. In the second century, the Sanhedrin was removed here, and here was a great rabbinical school. There are now about three thousand people in this city, nearly two thousand of whom are Jews. They are easily recognized. Many of them have their hair in ringlets and nearly all look pale and effeminate. Most of them, like the Jews in Jerusalem, live on charity. There is something pathetic about the way these ancient people of God hang about Jerusalem and Tiberias." See 5261BAI/LVi179CAJS (Voyager # 360121).; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)