Sunday, November 06, 2016

  • Sunday, November 06, 2016
  • Elder of Ziyon
The Jerusalem News was the first English-language daily newspaper to be published in Jerusalem, started in 1919.  It was founded by Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen who later became a pioneer in women's aviation. 



It only lasted six months, but I saw an edition for sale on eBay, with many stories in the aftermath of a major blizzard - about 29 inches of snow fell in Jerusalem on February 10, 1920.

It included this story of how the Zionist Jews tried to get food to the Yemenite Jews, called "Gadites," who lived in Kfar HaShiloach - known today as Silwan.


We have discussed previously the Yemenite Jews who moved to the area, now regarded as purely Arab, in the 19th century, moving into these houses on an otherwise empty hill..


I found one other edition of the newspaper online, with this otherwise forgotten story from 1920:






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