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VIDEO: Hebron in 1934

Ideal Travel Talks – Palestine 1934


A tour of key sites in the land of Israel in 1934.


Courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives.


 


Captions read:


“On the way to Hebron we pass the pool of Solomon.”


“Hebron, ancient city of the Patriarchs.”


“Under this mosque is the historic cave of Machpelah — burial ground of the Patriarchs.”


“In the Arab uprising of 1929, 59 students of the Hebron Yeshivah were brutally murdered.”


“They are buried in this communal grave.”

 



 


Visit Hebron:



United States contact info:



http://www.hebronfund.org

1760 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11230

718-677-6886

info@hebronfund.org



In Israel contact the offices of the Jewish Community of Hebron at:

http://en.hebron.org.il/

02-996-5333

office@hebron.com

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