{"id":13598,"date":"2015-07-10T00:04:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T07:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=13598"},"modified":"2015-07-08T17:46:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:46:52","slug":"a-look-into-the-ashernet-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2015\/07\/10\/a-look-into-the-ashernet-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"A look into the Ashernet archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Traveling by car between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in 1973. <em>(photo by\u00a0Edgar Asher)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the 1970s, Edgar Asher worked at BBC Television News as a photojournalist. In 1973, he went to Israel to take photos of the country, mainly for the Ministry of Tourism, but also to update the BBC stills library. It was his first trip \u2013 he and his family would make aliya in 1975.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13596\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K3-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-cafe-culture-6504-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K3-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-cafe-culture-6504-.jpg\" alt=\"photo - With caf\u00e9 culture yet to be established, Dizengoff Street was one of the only places to go and, noting the average age of the clientele in this photo, the \u201ccity that never sleeps\u201d did not apply to 1970s Tel Aviv\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K3-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-cafe-culture-6504-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K3-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-cafe-culture-6504--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K3-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-cafe-culture-6504--150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With caf\u00e9 culture yet to be established, Dizengoff Street was one of the only places to go and, noting the average age of the clientele in this photo, the \u201ccity that never sleeps\u201d did not apply to 1970s Tel Aviv. <em>(photo by Edgar Asher)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13597\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K14-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-Ben-Yehuda-Street-6504-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K14-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-Ben-Yehuda-Street-6504-.jpg\" alt=\"photo - Adiv Hotel on Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv, 1973\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K14-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-Ben-Yehuda-Street-6504-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K14-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-Ben-Yehuda-Street-6504--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jul-10-toc.10.259K14-Tel-Aviv.-1973.-Ben-Yehuda-Street-6504--150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adiv Hotel on Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv, 1973. <em>(photo by Edgar Asher)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traveling by car between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in 1973. (photo by\u00a0Edgar Asher) In the 1970s, Edgar Asher worked at BBC Television News as a photojournalist. In 1973, he went to Israel to take photos of the country, mainly for the Ministry of Tourism, but also to update the BBC stills library. 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