Three elderly Jewish men, settlers in Jerusalem. (Photo by Felix Bonfils/Getty Images). 1870

Elderly Jews at the Western, or Wailing, Wall, Jerusalem. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1880

A group of Ashkenazi jews in Jerusalem. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1885

A Jewish cobbler ready for Sabbath Eve in a coal cellar in New York, where he is living with his family. This photograph is one of a series taken of New York's slums, using the newly invented technique of flashlight photography. (Photo by Jacob A Riis/Getty Images). 1887

A middle-class Jew from Tangiers in traditional cloak and cummerbund. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1890

Polish Jews. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1900

English Jewish immigrants await inspection at Ellis Island, New York, before entering the United States. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1900

Members of Hashomer, a Jewish security organization dedicated to protecting pioneering Zionist settlements, pose with their rifles October 1, 1900 in the community of Rehovot during the Ottoman rule of Palestine in what would later become the State of Israel. (Photo by GPO via Getty Images)

A young Russian Jewish immigrant at Ellis Island, New York. (Photo by Lewis W Hine/Getty Images). 1905

Members of Hashomer, a Jewish security organization dedicated to protecting pioneering Zionist settlements, pose with their rifles October 1, 1907 in the Upper Galilee during the Ottoman rule of Palestine in what would later become the State of Israel. (Photo by GPO via Getty Images)

A Jewish boy sewing at his home in East London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1915

Jewish stone masons at work. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1915

A bearded Jewish man stands in a cobbled street in Palestine. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1917

Moses Shackman, centre, with members of the Jewish East End Shelter Corps. Their hats are labelled in Yiddish and English. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 17th October 1917

The medical and administrative staff of the American Zionist Medical Unit in New York, circa 1918. They are holding the flags of the United States and the Zionist Movement side by side. The group were active in Palestine at the time. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jewish men in Whitechapel, east London, march in protest against the killing of Jews in Poland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1919

An elderly Jewish couple en route to Palestine. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images). Circa 1925

Two Russian Jewish refugees. One of the men is looking at his watch. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1925

Jewish peasants sawing wood. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1925