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Abbas enters year 11 of his 4 year term.
It just looked so good, I decided to make it the photo of the day.
Reishit HaGez is the giving to the Kohen the first cuttings of the fleece of sheep grown in the Land of Israel (based on Deut. 18:4: “You are to give them the first fruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep.”). Most Jews cannot […]
The temperature has been scorching hot for the past couple of days. And that's been setting off brush fires. There have been massive fires, big fires and little fires all over the country. Some homes near Beit Shemesh were evacuated last night due to the approaching fires. As if it wasn't hot enough outside.
With temperatures soaring, everyone is getting in the water...
Two-year-old Claudia Chaudhary now is world-famous for throwing a tantrum at Obama's feet during the Seder.
Hareidi Jews dance as they celebrates the end of Jewish holiday of Shavuot at the Kotel in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday night (and that was after just 2 days, imagine how they danced in Galus after three!).
A store in Rafah, Gaza displays women's Islamic head coverings for sale.
Members of the Knesset Honor Guard, Home Front Command, Firefighters, IDF, and Israel Police, participated in an emergency drill today, May 21, 2015, simulating a drone falling inside the Knesset complex.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked met with Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein at a special Cabinet meeting held in the Israel Museum on May 19, 2015. The position of Attorney General is one of those that Shaked hopes to reform.
A group of Muslim tourists visited the Kotel the other week. They weren't yelled at, they weren't assaulted, they didn't need police protection. If they chose to, they could have even prayed. What a shame a Jew can't do the same on the Temple Mount.
Beginning next year, the IDF will be implementing a program where every new recruit will visit and tour Jerusalem during their first year of service.
Israeli girls protest and stand vigil at the site of Thursday's terror attack in Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion.
Last night, a young, orphaned, Border Policeman got married in Jerusalem...
I bet you never saw an Israeli wearing a tuxedo before.
Israeli kindergarten children treat teddy bears as part of a project titled "Teddy Bears Hospital" at Soroka hospital, in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva. The project was established to reduce children's fears of medical personnel in clinics and hospitals, and was organized by the Medical Student Association in the Negev, along with Soroka […]
Members of the Bayit Yehudi party voted on Sunday for the coalition deal. From a quick look at the hands in the air, it appears that support was overwhelming. If you look more carefully, you can find Waldo in there, giving the thumbs up instead of waving.
Outgoing Minister of Immigration, Sofa Landover, walks with Russian-Israeli World War II veterans, in the center of Jerusalem, as they take part in the Veterans Day parade in honor of 70 years since the Allies' victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, on May 10, 2015.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking the victory day on Nazi Germany, 70 years ago, in Latrun on May 7, 2015.
Helping tourists from Nepal to Meron...
Chareidi children build a big bonfire for tonight's upcoming celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer, in Jerusalem. Lag B'Pmer commemorates the Yartzheit, the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi), one of the most important Talmudic sages in Jewish history 1800 years ago. He called for a day of celebration on the day […]
A Dragon Boat festival was held in Tel Aviv on the Yarkon River last Friday. Looks like fun.
Students at the Har Etzion Yeshiva in Gush Etzion open up their laptops to study Gemorah.
A 37-year old Chareidi man, Meir Lebel "haRakdan haYerushalmi" (the dancing Jerusalemite), was seen breathing fire at the Kotel, the Tower of David and other locations in Jerusalem's Old City on April 29, 2015. Fire breathing is the act of creating a plume of fire by breathing a stream of fuel over an open flame. […]
Jewish children having fun in the Oz veGaon outpost in Gush Etzion, established in memory of the three boys who were kidnapped and murdered by Arab terrorists this past summer.
IDF soldiers hang the Israeli flag on the field hospital in Nepal.
The Husan underpass in Gush Etzion connects Husan and Beit Lechem under Highway 60. It's also the site of stone throwing and other attacks.
Eleven Israelis, including 3 babies were returned to Israel from Nepal overnight. Here's one of them.
Armenians marched with Armenian flags, signs, and torches from the Armenian Quarter of Old City as they mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on April 23, 2015.
There's nothing quite like an Israeli cut of meat on Yom Ha'Atzmaut.
Israelis stand at attention during the moment of silence in the Har Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem.
An Israeli woman visits a relative's grave on Mount Herzl on Tuesday, a few hours before Memorial Day begins, at which point the military cemetery will be full of family and friends of the deceased.
Israeli workers making a flags of Israel at the Berman's Flags and Embroidery factory in Jerusalem on April 19, 2015, prior to the Israel 67th Independence day.
Mickey Hayat practices Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music, as he holds an Israeli national flag, ahead of Israeli Independence Day.
Israeli workers raise a large Star of David (Magen David) onto the "Harp Bridge" at the entrance of Jerusalem on April 17, 2015, in honor of Israel's upcoming Israel's Memorial Day and the 67th Independence Day. Israel will mark its 67th Independence Day on April 22, 2015.
Throughout Israel, Israelis stand for a moment of silence on Yom HaShoah, Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. Flash90 photos by Miriam Alster, Danielle Shitrit, Yonatan Sindel and Hadas Parush.
Israelis visit Yad Vashem ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 16.
Tourists walk on Mount Precipice, near Nazareth (below). It's an interesting mountain. According to Wikipedia, archaeological excavations in the Qafzeh Cave in the mountain found human remains, whose estimated age is 100,000 years old. Highway 60 goes through a tunnel dug into the mountain in the site of an old quarry on the mountain. The […]
It's very unusual for it to rain after Pesach. Did someone forget to stop saying "Mashiv HaRuach u'Morid haGeshem"?
The UN troops took advantage of the Israeli tourist site to see what's happening inside Syria.
From North to South, Israelis take advantage of the Pesach holiday vacation to tour and experience our beautiful country.
Birkat Cohanim, the Priestly Blessing, was held on Monday at the Kotel.
Arab smugglers were foiled by the Hebrew language.
A table was set up in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square for all the Israelis who have gone missing.
The Temple Institute renacted the entire Pesach sacrifice ceremony.
Matzah baking isn't all just hard work. Sometimes it can be fun too.
The men are dipping their plates, pots and other eating utensils in boiling water to kasher them for Passover.
Ahead of Pesach, Kotel employees clean out the Western Wall from all the notes, or "Kvitlach", placed there by visiting worshipers. There is a tradition that when visiting the Kotel, you can write a prayer or request and then place it in the wall. Twice a year the notes are gathered up, and then buried […]
No, these aren't illegal child laborers making Matzah in some underground sweatshop. It's a bunch of kids making Matzah in an underground Chabad House in Efrat.
The funeral of the seven children from the Sassoon family was held in Jerusalem on March 23, 2015. The seven children died early on Saturday after flames ripped through their Brooklyn home in one of New York City. the children who died, Yaakob Sassoon, 5, Sara, 6, Moshe, 8, Yeshua, 10, Rivkah, 11, David, 12, […]
Members of the Joint List - the Arab political party in the (Zionist) Knesset, met in the (Zionist) President of Israel's home in Undivided Jerusalem to discuss their recommendations for the next prime minister of the State of Israel, of which they are full citizens. In case you were wondering, the Arab party didn't recommend […]
Peopley watch today's partial solar eclipse at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem on March 20, 2015.
Israelis count the remaining ballots from soldiers and absentee voters at the parliament in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections for the 20th Israeli parliament on March 18, 2015.
A worker cleans the floor, covered with Likud campaign banners depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud ballots, at the Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv on March 18, 2015, after the exit polls in the Israeli general elections were announced, with PM Netanyahu claiming victory.
This chart will help you pick the party to vote for...
There was another large political rally held on Sunday, and not just the massive rally of the political right in Tel Aviv's Kikar Rabin.
Workers are putting up banners and posters ahead of this evening's right-wing election rally in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. The Rally is called, "United for the Land of Israel". PM Netanyahu has confirmed he plans to attend, as will Naftali Bennett.
This gold Menorah, recreated by the Machon HaMikdash and ready for use in the Temple. It is currently located on the stairs leading down to the Kotel form the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem, for all to see. The menorah weighs one-half ton. It contains forty five kilograms of twenty four karat […]
Jumping. Tapping, Flying across the stage. More than 100 Jewish women are on their toes (literally) this week at Dames of the Dance
Students in Gush Etzion toured exhibits from various infantry units ahead of their draft. The units tried to convince the soon-to-be new recruits to choose to join their unit. As an added bonus, Defense Minister Moshe Boogie Yaalon came to speak to the students.
It's not the Persian Bazaar, it's the Jerusalem Shuk - Machane Yehuda. On the campaign trail, PM Netanyahu and MK Miri Regev visited the shuk earlier today.
Lately it seems that everything interesting is happening in Efrat. On Friday, hundreds of runners of all ages (apparently dogs too) took part in the Efrat marathon.
Purim is a national holiday and costume party in Israel, when there is a spirit of unity.
Rav Ovadia Yosef's hat and robes made an appearance at a Shas political rally on Tuesday.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas is making sure PA children will go without milk and the parents forced to ration what little milk they have.
IDF soldiers, reservists and local security units participated in a massive training drill in the town of Efrat, Gush Etzion, reenacting an infiltration of terrorists into the settlement, on March 02, 2015. The IDF's central command called a surprise training exercise in the West Bank to test reservists' alertness and to prepare for the possibility […]
On Thursday evening, students at the Orot Etzion Boys Elementary School in Efrat reenacted different Biblical scenes as part of an interactive live art/Torah exhibition for the month of Adar. Every floor, corner, class and even staircase of the school (think Jacob's ladder) showed off exhibits and models the students put together by themselves. In […]
Thousands of ultra orthodox Jews attend the wedding of the granddaughter of the rabbi of the ultra orthodox Jewish Kretchnif dynasty in Kiryat Tsanz, Netanya.
Photos from The Anglo Vote
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), Benny Begin (R) and Israeli president Reuven Rivlin (L) attend a ceremony at the grave of former prime minister Menahem Begin in Mount Olives as they mark 23 years since his death. February 23, 2015.
Not only does Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat stop terrorists, he is also preparing for the upcoming Jerusalem Marathon in March. In the photo he shows off the official shirt of the Jerusalem Marathon.
Israelis got stuck with their vehicle while trying to cross Sorek River (Nahal Sorek) in the Judean Hills, on February 21, 2015. Stormy weather caused flooding of rivers across Israel over the weekend.
Family and friends carry the body of 4-year old Adele Biton during her funeral in the settlement of Yakir, near Ariel on February 18, 2015. Biton suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 2013 rock-throwing terror attack, and was only recently released from the hospital. She passed away from complications from pneumonia.
A State Comptroller audit report just came out attacking the prime minister for spending too much money on maintaining his residences and other official entertaining related expenses, and on how the money was spent. David Shimron, the attorney of the Likud political party spoke at a press conference in Tel Aviv comparing the expenditures of […]
I don't recall this many people showing up when I was honorably completed my IDF service! Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attended a demonstration celebrating the release from prison of four Yeshiva student/draft dodgers who failed to comply with an IDF recruitment order. The protest-celebration took place near Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on February 16, […]
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (C) and incoming IDF chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot prior to a ceremony held in Einzekot's honour at the PM's office in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2015.
"Greenpeace" members protested the exploration drilling for oil on the Golan Heights on February 02, 2015. The Afek oil and gas company is set to do some exploratory drilling this week. At least it wasn't the Syrians protesting.
A Chagall tapestry was rehung in the Knesset on February 5, 2015, after it was removed for reconstruction work.
The Yisrael Beiteynu party has returned to its roots and the campaign platform it has always run on...
Thousands of Hassidic Jews attend a special prayer of Grand Rabbi Benzion Halberstam of Bobov at the Western Wall in Jerusaelm Old City, February 7, 2015. They built a little stadium in the Kotel with bleachers and all.
Thousands of Hassidic Jews attend a welcoming ceremony for the Grand Rabbi Benzion Halberstam of Bobov in Jerusalem on February 6, 2015.
Israeli Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman holds the latest edition of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo during a protest in support of Charlie Hebdo in Tel Aviv on February 5, 2015. The Israeli election committee forbidden Yisrael Beytenu political party to distribute any gifts or free merchandise to the public […]
President Ruby Rivlin and his wife Nechama celebrated their first Tu B'Shvat holiday at the President's residence, on February 3, 2015.
Winter in Israel looks and feels a lot like spring does in the rest of the world (except when it snows, and then it's like winter).
Hareidim in Jerusalem's Meah Shearim neighborhood are protesting against the jailing of 4 Yeshiva students who didn't show up to the IDF draft center.
A bust depicting former Israeli president Shimon Peres was placed next to sculptures of the former eight presidents in the garden of the President's residence in Jerusalem, on February 01, 2015.
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