Photos of an exhibition held by the KKL Photo Archive in honor of Jerusalem's Jubilee at the Jerusalem City Hall Plaza, May 21–June 11, 2017. The impressive exhibition comprised photos of the Old City taken in the first six months after the Six Day War, focusing on the Jewish Quarter and the Western Wall. Each photo was blown up to 5x2 meters and hung beneath protected shading.
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A New Point of View 1967
The Mount of Olives, the Temple Mount, Silwan and Kidron Valley from the Armon HaNatsiv area, outside Israel's border until 1967. Photo: Zeev Radovan, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
To Mourn or to Rejoice? 1967
A group of people praying, apparently during mourning the destruction of the Temple near the Western Wall. Photo: David Hirshfeld, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Return to and Renovation of Jewish Quarter 1967
At the bottom: Debris has been removed from Batei Mahse houses. In the background: The Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount. Robinson's Arch peeps out of the Western Wall. Photo: Zeev Radovan, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Tif’eret Israel Synagogue 1967
During Israel’s War of Independence a defensive outpost was set up on the synagogue’s high roof, which led to intensive fighting around it. Photo: Zeev Radovan, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Rejoicing over Jerusalem
Chief IDF Rabbi Shlomo Goren and Brigadier General Uzi Narkiss, head of Central Command, embrace at the Western Wall. Photo: KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Many Faiths, One God 1967
Armenian monk and two Hassidim in the Old City. Photo: Zeev Radovan, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Batei Mahase Square 1967
The Rothschild House (on the right) and the Luganos Houses. Before the surrender in 1948, about one thousand people crowded into the Luganos Houses. Photo: Sima Zelig, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Entrance to the "Hurva" Compound 1967
The gate that ascended to the "Hurva" Synagogue Compound. Now, after the structure has been restored, this is the floor above HaYehudim Street. Photo: Zeev Radovan, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Rothschild House 1967
The most imposing building in Batei Mahse Square, as it looked in the summer of 1967, before restoration. Photo: Moshe Albert, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
On the Way to the Western Wall 1967
Lack of infrastructure made visiting the Western Wall then no simple undertaking. To the right: The remains of the Mugrabi Quarter Photo: KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Crowded at the Western Wall 1967
The Western Wall immediately following its liberation. The Mughrabi Quarter houses are still standing and there is no partition between the men and the women. Photo: Werner Braun, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Western Wall Hora 1967
Carried away. Fighters spontaneously form a ring to dance at the Western Wall, shortly after its liberation. Photo: Werner Braun, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Kaliver Rebbe Visits the Western Wall 1967
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, the Kaliver Rebbe (center) visiting the Western Wall, shortly after its liberation. Photo: David Hirshfeld, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Getting Back to Normal 1967
Two days after the liberation of the Jewish Quarter Caroline Rubin and Paratrooper Tsur Ben Yishai celebrated their wedding at the Western Wall. Photo: Aharon Zuckerman, Government Press Office, David Hirshfeld, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
