The pioneer Jerusalem photographer Tsadok Bassan was born in the Old City into a religious Zionist family. He received a yeshiva education and acquired informally a hands-on knowledge of photography. At age eighteen, with the aid of his family, he purchased a photography studio in the Old City. He became, in effect, the “court photographer” of the Old Yishuv, photographing their institutions and daily life. He worked for many of the city’s Jewish charities, photographing their work, often for fund-raising purposes in the diaspora.
Child sacrifice in relief, Pozo Moro, Spain, ca. 500 BCE. The relief shows a two-headed monster receiving offerings in bowls. One bowl holds a child. Because the site shows Phoenician influence, the…
My childhood, if we’re speaking of relations at home, was exceptionally easy; I never felt a need to rebel against my parents’ conservatism. I encountered no gates to break through—they were all…