#mandatorypalestine

[p21gallery]

Mapping: An Art Exhibition exploring the impact of British colonialism on Palestinians We are delighted to invite submissions for the Balfour Project's first virtual art exhibition centred around homeland, identity and British colonialism in '48 Palestine. The online exhibition will comprise art submitted by Palestinian artists focusing around the theme of “mapping”. The audience will be able to virtually walk around the exhibition, click on the art to view it in more detail and purchase the art if they desire. We will have a launch night with guest speakers, including academics, activists and artists. If you are a Palestinian artist and would like your work to be featured in an exhibition in May 2021, then please read the attached proposal. #Palestine #Palestinians #MandatoryPalestine #Art #Mapping #Identity #Colonialism #Balfour #Awareness #Exhibition https://www.instagram.com/p/CN7K34Pl6-E/?igshid=1x7sba2s3xjmt

[christchurchjerusalem]

Today we remember the wedding anniversary of Stanley Cliff and Helen Stewart, married on Jan. 6, 1944. We found this photo in the U.S. Library of Congress collection. CC volunteer Ruth L. connected with a granddaughter, Toni P., who sketched out her spunky grandparents, "both very strong individuals who knew what they wanted." Stanley and Helen met in England sometime near the beginning of World War II. Stanley, who served in the Royal Air Force as a navigator and musician, was stationed was stationed in the Middle East (including in Iraq in 1945) and traveled to Jerusalem on leave and with the RAF band. Helen was in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Services. The family thinks Helen managed to get herself posted in the Middle East, as well. "She was a great one for sorting things out the way she wanted them!" explained Toni. The couple managed to coordinate time in Jerusalem to get married at Christ Church. Helen told her granddaughter once "that she went AWOL with a couple of her friends to get married" but Toni is not sure "if that is correct or an exciting tale for a granddaughter."  Stan had been a teacher before the war. Afterward, the family moved to Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) where Stan returned to teaching. After several years, the family moved back to England, where Stan rejoined the RAF as a civilian teacher. This new job with the Royal Air Force allowed the Cliff family to heed their "itchy feet." The family lived in Rhodesia, England, Cyprus, Singapore, and New Zealand, where they finally settled. Toni said Stan and Helen "made wonderful, interesting grandparents with so many stories to tell!" #jerusalem #mandatorypalestine #wedding #raf #royalairforce #britishhistory #WorldWarII #womensauxiliary https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTM0QEhZxR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16y8mv1ylpzpr

[gwuscrc]

A World War II-era Hebrew phrasebook for British soldiers in Mandatory Palestine (1920-1948). Intended to promote “friendly relations with the Jewish Population of this country who look upon the British Forces as their best friends", the booklet reflects a wartime sense of common purpose that temporarily calmed Jewish resistance to British authority.

Hebrew for a Shilling (Jerusalem: Steimatzky, 1941), from the I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection.