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Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat walking around with an "assault rifle".
Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Rabbi Yisrael Lau carries Torah scrolls as hundreds dance during Second Hakafot celebrations at Rabin Square, Tel Aviv. T
The funeral of Nechemiah Lavi on October 4, 2015. Nechemiah was murdered by an Arab terrorist on Saturday night in the Old City of Jerusalem.
"For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations."
On Wednesday morning, there was a mass Birkat HaCohanim (Priestly Blessing) during the morning prayers, where the Cohanim (priestly caste) blessed the people. I've never seen so many selfies and photos in the middle of Birkat HaCohanim!
President Reuven Rivlin decorates a "Sukka" with children at the President's residence in Jerusalem for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Leading up to the Sukkot holiday, Etrogim (plural for Etrog) are checked to make sure they are kosher for use on the holiday as part of the four species. The Etrog (citron) can't be blemished or have imperfections. This year, as many Etrogim are from Israel and have Kedushat Sheviit (Shmittah), they have to be […]
This is what the roads in Israel will look like tomorrow, on Yom Kippur.
If we're already being creative, here's another thought...
Tens of thousands people packed the Kotel on Thursday night for Slichot.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Minister of Transportation Israel Katz (L) seen with mayors of the southern Israeli towns on the Ashkelon-Beer Sheva bound Israel Railways train leaving from the Southern Israeli city of Netivot. September 17, 2015.
Challah - Singular Challot - Plural Lots of Challot - Must be Shabbat or a holiday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah visit the National Library in London where they see the original Balfur Statement and one of Netanyahu's father's books, during their visit to England, on September 10, 2015.
No. No one is robbing the Knesset. It's a Knesset guard, wearing a mask to protect himself from breathing in too much sand from the sandstorm.
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and much of the country are covered with sand today.
Do you have any sharp objects on you? Did anyone give you something that could explode? Did you really think you could take that onto the airplane? Nothing's more exciting than the security questions at the airport.
Students at the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak, stand up and listen to Rosh Yeshica Rabbi Shmuel Markowicz.
A Free Avraham Mengistu protest at the Erez crossing into Gaza.
An Israeli antiquities authority worker walks inside the Israeli Antiquities Authority storage facility in Beit Shemesh. Who knows what's hidden in there.. The Lost Ark?
As reported earlier, Prime Minister Netanyahu's grandfather's grave on the Mount of Olives was desecrated overnight by Arab vandals who destroyed and burned numerous graves. The Mount of Olives is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the world.
President Ruby Rivlin opened the new school year with new first grade students at the Mamad Shilat school in the Jewish town of Paduel in the Shomron, on September 1, 2015.
Jaffa port is a nice little port with a pleasant promenade to walk around on.
Israeli artists build an ice wall at the Davidson Center, near the Kotel in Jerusalem. The wall was based on a piece by American artist Allan Kaprow who built something similar in Israel, in 1980, perpendicular to the Temple Mount. Photos by Yonatan Sindel / Flash90.
It's just a trick of the wide-angle lens, but the minaret attached to the rebuilt Hurva synagogue, in the Old City of Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter, looks like an Israeli version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It's actually straight in real life. How it got there is a long and unpleasant story.
If there's one you can't accuse Hamas of, it's discrimination. Whether your a female, or a child, or a female child, Hamas is happy to dress you up in uniform and give you a rifle. The photo is from a "military" parade on August 21, marking the first anniversary of the killing of Hamas's terror […]
Rabbi Nissan of Efrat teaches how to make a shofar and blow it. In the current Hebrew month Elul, the month of Selichot (forgiveness), there is the Jewish custom of blowing the Shofar every morning.
Israelis and tourists eat at the new "Sarona Market", Israel's largest indoor culinary market, in Tel Aviv. At first glance, doesn't this look like a food market in America?
It's Rosh Chodesh Elul, and that means school has begun in the Chareidi school system.
An Arab juice vendor in Tel Aviv, takes a break and looks at the ocean on the Tel Aviv promenade.
Parents and children play in a water fountain near the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem, on August 16, 2014.
Not everyone in Paris can get to the beach, so Paris decided to bring the beach to the river Seine, sand and all. Parisians who can’t afford their nation’s sacred, annual Vacance, have been invited every summer since 2002 to the Paris-Plages (“Paris Beaches”), artificial beaches along the river Seine in the center of Paris, […]
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat (R) speaks with Rabbi David Stav. Rabbis Riskin and Stav are part of a group of leading rabbis who decided to establish independent Orthodox conversion courts in Israel, breaking the official Rabbinate monopoly. What happens next remains to be seen.
The last prayer at the Ayelet HaShahar synagogue in Givat Zeev, which is slated for destruction as per a decision by the Israeli High Court.
Everyone's seems to have forgotten (one of) the real enemies we face. The photo above is from a Hamas summer camp graduation ceremony for future terrorists, ages 15 - 21.
The Ilan and Asaf Ramon airport, currently under construction in Eilat. Ilan Ramon was an Israeli astronaut and fighter pilot. He was the youngest IAF pilot to take part in the 1981 strike on the Iraqi Osirak nuclear reactor. He was killed in 2003 when his space shuttle, the Columbia exploded. Asaf Ramon, Ilan's son, […]
While building in Arnona, a 2000-year-old Mikvah was found, but what was found in the Mikvah was even more interesting...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Inbar Azrak, 27 who was wounded in Monday night's firebomb attack in Beit Hanina. Azrak is being treated at the Hadassah Ein Kerem medical center in Jerusalem.
Israelis enjoy kayaking in the Jordan river in Northern Israel on August 2, 2015, as temperature reached 47 degrees Celcius in some parts of Israel.
Since its establishment in 1948, according to jewishvirtuallibrary.org, Israel has engaged in 12 wars or major military operations. For the most part, the Arab-Israeli conflict has continued unabated since Israel’s inception. Traditionally, Israel has faced weapons of mass destruction including the threat of Iranian nuclear bombs, conventional armies from the likes of Hezbellah, terrorism from […]
I couldn't help myself after I saw the photo above. The context is that on Tuesday, PM Netanyahu and Yair Lapid were in Southern Ashdod laying a cornerstone for a new seaport.
Dreinoff House, Beit El, July 29, 2015. Photos by Hillel Meir / Tazpit News Agency.
The scenes from last night and today in Beit El are eerily reminiscent of the scenes from Gush Katif 10 years ago, the above photo in particular.
Family and friends say good-bye as the young recruits show up for enlistment day at Tel Hashomer.
Rectification for the Sin of the Spies – "Sovereignty”
Young children in Alon Shvut build a model of the settlements destroyed in Gush Katif, Gaza, in 2005, during the Disengagement. This week, Israel marks the 10 year anniversary of the disengagement from Gaza.
On Tuesday, Israelis who used to live in the northern Shomron town of Sa-Nur returned to see what was left of their former home. The Jewish residents were expelled by the Sharon government in 2005, as part of the Disengagement. Four towns in the Shomron were destroyed by Ariel Sharon and his forces. Among those […]
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter before their meeting at the prime minister office in Jerusalem on July 21, 2015. Carter is into big hugs.
Google Translate's translation algorithm makes some interesting mistakes on occasion when translating from Hebrew to English. Sometimes it's clear that someone is gaming the system, such as when the translation of a normal phrase comes out as very anti-Israel and completely disconnected from the original words (I leave it as an exercise for the readers […]
Arabs in Ramallah, Israel, enjoy the second day of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday on Saturday at the Sky Land amusement park, marking the end of the month of Ramadan. Hopefully it also marks the end of the month of increased Muslim violence we all just went through.
ISIS is expanding its capabilities after launching a missile at an Egyptian Navy vessel on Thursday.
PM Netanyahu preparing to speak on TV from his office, about the bad Iran deal.
Long exposure of the stars and the Milky Way galaxy from the Negev Desert. Photos by Matthew Hechter/Flash90.
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"I stole them in July 1995 and since then they have brought me nothing but trouble. Please, do not steal antiquities!”
A scribe (Sofer in Hebrew) in Jerusalem works on restoring a damaged Torah scroll.
It turns out there's a man-made lake in the middle of the desert. Who knew!
After seeing all those Hamas flags being waved by Hamas supporters on the Temple Mount last week, we decided that this would make such a nicer image to look at. B'Ezrat Hashem soon.
Adi Kaplan, widow of Captain Zvi (Zvika) Kaplan lit a torch during a ceremony marking one year since Operation Protective Edge at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on July 6, 2015. Prime Minister Netanyahu laid a wreath of flowers at the ceremony honoring our heroes killed in battle against Israel's enemies in Gaza
Women in Green organized a reading of the Book of Eichah (Lamentations) on the eve of the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'av, in front of the American Consulate in Jerusalem, on August 4, 2014. An estimated 1500 people took part in the reading and later marched around the walls of the Old City. Tisha […]
Firefighters fought a large fire in Ein Yael, Jerusalem, located opposite the Biblical Zoo, and up the road from Malcha Mall.
Nothing like a Kosher frank for the 4th of July, even if this year, you have to cook it before Shabbat.
Nothing quite like Hamas terrorist supporters on the Temple Mount openly waving their flags..
The Jerusalem Municipality hung up umbrellas above Yoel Solomon street, to decorate the street with some color, and add some shade from the sun.
Yitzchak Shamir, born October 22, 1915, died June 30 2012. Shamir was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992. He was a leader of the pre-State Lehi (Stern Gang) group. He also served in the Mossad fom 1955 to 1965. From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Yitzhak Shamir […]
Some Chareidi men fishing on the beach, near the Ashdod port.
With all the talk about Ashdod Port this morning, here are some photos of the port.
An Eruv maintenance team repaired the Eruv around the town of Beit Shemesh before Shabbat. The Eruv is a symbolic/legal fiction that transforms a public space where one is not allowed to carry on Shabbat according to Jewish law, into a space where one is allowed to carry.
Prime Minister Netanyahu congratulates one of the newly graduated Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev on June 25, 2015.
The Tel Aviv version of the Hollywood sign. In the photo, an Israeli surfer paddling on his board at Hilton Beach in Tel Aviv.
Muslims praying on the Temple Mount during Ramadan, facing towards Mecca and (disrespectfully) AWAY from the Golden Dome, which is the site of the Jewish Temple.
Firemen and other emergency service providers visit the kindergartens of Efrat, showing off their equipment and gear, while teaching the children about safety.
No animals were injured in the redemption process.
Orthodox Jewish boys play at a splash pad at Teddy Park in Jerusalem.
It's not the filming of Romancing the Stone 2. Michael Douglas toured a terror tunnel from Gaza that was discovered before Operation Protective Edge last summer.
A vendor sells cherries in the Old City of Jerusalem. The dark ones are the best, they're sweeter.
Today was the annual Cherry Picking Festival in Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion.
An Old City tour train drives through the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Must be new.
With the rumors that were starting to circulate about his health and even if he was alive, you'd think he was Vladmir Putin or Hassan Nasrallah.
Branches from trees left at the Dead Sea become encrusted with salt. The Dead Sea is beautiful.
As part of the Jerusalem Light Festival, images are projected onto the walls of the Old City, in the photo above, around the Damascus Gate.
People stand in front of one of the exhibits that is part of Jerusalem's annual Festival of Lights being held in and around Jerusalem's Old City.
Finance Minister Moshe Kachlon and Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug met today to discuss Israeli banking.
There was a nationwide missile drill today.
July 31, 2026 
