A. Boyhood in Safed, 1930s. Daniel, Shmuel and their friends Shmuel Harush and Nahum Kochav

B. Beitar youth at fortress' courtyard, on backdrop of Scottish church and fortress' café

C. A pond was set up on Mount Canaan in 1933 to provide water to the city

D. Beitar members leave Safed for the 2nd Maccabiyah in Tel Aviv, 1935

E. The Yarmukh channel and railway wriggling along. Photo: Daniel Pearl

F. The road leading to Safed, on the backdrop of Mount Meron

G. Snow in Safed. Photo: Daniel Pearl

From the memoirs of the fighting Pearl family

Shmuel and Daniel Pearl were twin brothers, the sons of one of Safed's veteran families. In the 1930s they helped establish the Beitar youth movement and loved to photograph and document the country's landscapes. First story in series

Nadav Man |Published: 08.24.08 , 15:03

Shmuel and Daniel Pearl were twin brothers, the sons of one of Safed's veteran families. In the 1930s, with the 1929 events in the city still fresh in their minds, they helped establish the Beitar youth movement.

They were united by their love for the Land of Israel and the feeling that what took place in 1929 must never repeat itself.

The Pearl brothers loved to take pictures, and today, when they are no longer with us, many photos have remained telling the history of the era and perpetuating the country's landscapes at the time.

The photos were given to us by their children: Atzmona Waxman Shabtai, Daniel's daughter, and Naftali Pearl, Shmuel's son.

In the coming weeks we will present a four-part series featuring a selection of photos taken by the late Daniel and Shmuel Pearl.

1. Daniel and Shmuel's father was Rabbi Ze'ev Matityahu Pearl. In 1988, he arrived with his family as a child in the Galilee from Galicia. In the photo: Rabbi Ze'ev Pearl (2) next to Chief Rabbi Herzog, Safed 1946

2. Daniel and Shmuel's mother Hannah of the Barshad family. In the photo: Five generations of the Barshad family, which was related to the Besht (Ba'al Shem Tov) family

3. The Pearl family owned the Herzliya Hotel in Safed. In the photo: Safed dignitaries meet members of the British rule at the hotel's entrance

4. Safed youth on a trip at the foothills of Mount Atzmon

5. Daniel with a friend, at the foothills of the Ein Zeitim community

6. Young Beitar member in the Safed fortress, on the backdrop of the Scottish church

7. Near the Safed fortress. Shmuel commands a group of Beitar graduates, 1936

8. During a trip, in the courtyard of Tel-Hai, early 1940s

9. In the 2nd Maccabiyah stadium in Tel Aviv, 1935

10. A trip to the Yarmukh River. Photo: Daniel Pearl

11. Stella Maris monastery on Mount Carmel, Haifa. Photo: Daniel Pearl

12. Rosh Pina, the winery

13. In 1933, Mrs. Sarah Levy (a rich Zionist Jews from Australia) bought land on Mount Canaan in a bid to establish an artists' district in the area. The artists, however, failed to show up, and the place was turned into a hotel and an apartment building for Safed families who wished to leave the city. The housing was better than in Safed's homes, with electricity, water and even lavatories. In 1936, bloody events broke out in the country and Mount Canaan was abandoned

14. Plowing in the Galilee, on the backdrop of Mount Hermon. Photo: Daniel Pearl

15. A train in the Land of Israel (location unidentified)

16. A trip to Majd al-Krum, after staying the night in the area. Photo: Shmuel Pearl