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Only 5 leading candidates are left in the race for President of Israel. Will more allegations come out against those who still remain in the race?
A child from the Shalva center holds the Euroleague cup during a tournament in Gush Etzion on June 5, 2014, Shalva is the Association for Mentally and Physically Challenged Children in Israel.
Jeff Seidel will go up to complete strangers at the Kotel, and find them a proper Shabbos meal.
Russian-Israeli businessman Arcadi Gaydamak (R) seen with his daughter (C) and her husband Raphael Kalifa before their wedding in Jerusalem on June 1, 2014. Classy tuxedos. Arcadi Gaydamak once ran for mayor of Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Authority-Hamas unity deal will reportedly allow Hamas to keep their army and weapons. So, I guess this picture of Hamas in Rafiach on Friday, will soon be a regular scene in Ramallah and Hebron too. Can't wait.
For the 47th anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem from the Jordanians, Israel's Jerusalem Day parade ended at the Kotel. Next year on the Temple Mount.
The Jerusalem Day Parade as it marches down the streets of Jerusalem to the Old City on Wednesday.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat helped lay the cornerstone for the reconstruction of the Tiferet Yisrael synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem, on Tuesday.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was spotted jogging alongside the seashore near the Tel Aviv port on Sunday. He joins his wife ,French model, singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as she performs tonight in Tel Aviv.
An 18-month-old giraffe named Jengo arrived at the Ramat Gan Safari on Thursday afternoon from a zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, and was well received by the zoo's other giraffes.
An employee rolls out the red carpet at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 22, 2014. Pope Francis will visit Jerusalem on May 26 after visiting Jordan.
British ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould learning Torah at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem on May 21, 2014.
The school took all the classes and parents down to Ma'arat Hamachpelah in Hebron for a graduation ceremony.
Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball players celebrate with fans after the Israeli team won the Euroleague Finals Sunday night.
Bows and arrows are what I remember from the Lag B'Omers of my childhood. None of this bonfire stuff. There are three reasons for the bow and arrow. 1) As a reminder of Bar Kochvah's war against the Romans. 2) Because the Jews used to go out to the woods to learn Torah, but tricked […]
How are they going to light marshmallows with that thing?
A woman stand in prayer atop her home in Ma'aleh Rehavam. Eleven buildings were destroyed there yesterday.
As former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heads off to jail for corruption, one tries to consider which event will best define Olmert's legacy. His role in destroying Gush Katif? His abject failure in the Lebanon war? The Holyland Towers? Simply being the first Israeli Prime Minister sent to jail? I think Olmert will best be […]
While Police Minister (of Internal Security) Yitzchak Aharonovitch is busy touring sites with anti-Arab graffiti (and apparently sidestepping the sites with anti-Jewish graffiti), here's some Hamas graffiti celebrating buses blowing up in Jerusalem and missiles being launched at Israel (actual acts of terrorism that have happened) - just to keep things in proportion.
The Netanyahus walk the red carpet in Tokyo's Haneda airport.
Located in the Golan Height, at the foot of the Hermon mountain, the Banias river can be seen overflowing from last Thursday's massive rainstorm.
A bride and groom covered in Dead Sea mud and wearing king and queen crowns on their head, get a wedding picture taken as they go into the Dead Sea water. I have no idea why.
Mango, a 19-year-old male Syrian brown bear, rests on a bed as zoo veterinarians and staff prepare him for surgery in the Ramat Gan Zoological Center's animal hospital near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday, May 7, 2014.
The winner of the 2014 Israel Independence Day Bible Quiz was Eitan Amos of Toronto, Canada/Karnei Shomron. Congratulations.
Rabbi Riskin participating in a special musical prayer service in Efrat for Yom HaAtzma'ut - Israel's Independence Day.
On Sunday night, Haredi Rabbis and Jews from Bnei Brak took part in a Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) ceremony for fallen soldiers.
Ahead of Yom HaZikaron, Israel's Memorial Day, PM Netanyahu visits the grave of his brother Yoni Netanyahu, who was killed in Operation Entebbe, by Ugandan soldiers in 1976.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits alone, during a visit in the "Independence Hall", in Tel Aviv.
A senior IDF officer has said the IDF is facing a "Tsunami" of anger and responses from IDF soldiers.
An Israeli woman writes a "thank you" note on a board set up near Jerusalem's Central Bus Station, on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The boards have the sentence "I am thankful for..." written on them, with the purpose of getting passersby to complete the sentence and share what they are thankful for. The idea is […]
On Monday morning, the country came to a stand still as the siren went off in memory of those who were murdered during the Holocaust.
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man visit the "Chamber of the Holocaust" on Mount Zion in Jerusalem's Old City on April 27, 2014, on the eve of the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Day. The Chamber of the Holocaust was Israel's first Holocaust museum established in 1948 by the Israel's Ministry of Religion and its Director-General, Rabbi Dr. Samuel […]
Palestinian Authority terror chief and Holocaust denier Mahmoud Abbas's attempted to cynically exploit the Holocaust today when he described the Shoah as “a reflection of the concept of ethnic discrimination and racism, which the Palestinians strongly reject and act against.”
A corner in the Jerusalem Machane Yehuda Mall.
This is United Torah Judaism parliament member Yaakov Litzman speaking in the Knesset. But when I saw it, all I could think of was the Pesach song, "Echad, Mi Yodea" ("One, Who Knows One?").
The picture above is of a Russian MiG-35. It is Russia's most advanced fighter jet. Reports say that Israel's neighbors to the south will be getting 24 of them. In case you see one flying overhead, now you'll know what it is.
No, not Mahna Mahna. Mimouna. Mimouna is a Moroccan celebration of Chametz that takes place right after Pesach ends (which it did tonight). It's become very popular in Israel, especially among political leaders, as participating in a Mimouna makes you more part of the "Amcha" (the every-day folk). It's estimated (according to Wikipedia, at least) […]
Chimpanzees and Orangutans eat Matza, unleavened bread traditionally eaten during the Passover holiday, at the Ramat Gan Safari on Thursday, April 17, 2014. I hope they can digest it. On Passover no leavened bread (Chametz) is allowed in Jewish possession, and that includes food we feed our animals.
The Kotel Plaza, the stairs, the Kotel entrance, the roads, everything was packed for Birkat Cohanim - the Priestly Blessing of the People - now imagine if this had been held on top of Har HaBayit, the Temple Mount!
Hebron is proving to be a popular family tourist site during the Passover Holiday.
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau and Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Deputy Finance Minister Mickey Levy sell the Chametz (food containing leavening) of the State of Israel to an Israeli-Arab Israeli, Mr. Jaber, before the upcoming Passover holiday.
Two people were arrested last week, one of them a minor, for posting the following sign near the entrance to the Temple Mount. The police are considering charging them with a "nationalistic crime." You are hereby requested to evacuate the Temple Mount compound by April 13, 2013- the 13 of Nissan, by 7 PM due […]
The men are dipping their plates, pots and other eating utensils in boiling water to kasher them for Passover.
Israeli actors perform in an ancient Roman Theater, in the ancient site of Bet Shean on March 26, 2014.
Before Pesach, which can be a very expensive holiday, Jews distribute Kimcha D'Pischa (literally: Flour for Passover), or in more general terms, food, to help everyone be able to enjoy this holiday. In this photo from Meah Shearim, you can see stacks and stacks of food of all types, running down the length of the […]
Ever wonder how every day thousands of people from around the world put a "kvitel" (a small piece of paper with a personal prayer written on it) into the Kotel wall, but yet the Kotel wall is not filled up with "kvitlach"? It's a miracle! Just kidding. Twice a year (before Pesach and before Rosh […]
Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, a 33 year old Muslim Israeli-Arab woman from Baqa al-Gharbiyye, was the winner of the Israeli TV cooking contest/show Master Chef. Of course Nof may have had an unfair advantage over the other contestants. Nof's PhD in Microbiology from the Technion may have given her an edge when it came to mixing […]
You don't need to be a Prime Minister to make Matzah.
Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Jews are collecting water from a mountain spring outside Jerusalem. The water will be used in the making of matzah, or unleavened bread, that is eaten instead of regular bread during the week-long Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover), which commemorates the Jews' exodus from Egypt in Biblical times. The water, once collected, will […]
American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City.
A Byzantine mosaic floor was uncovered during the construction of a new road.
Who knew Netanyahu also knows how to bake Matzahs?
I wonder if Netanyahu will have time for all those pictures he's going to have to be in.
The Waldorf Astoria hotel officially opened its Jerusalem branch on Agron Street, near the Old City, on Thursday, March 27, 2014.
Doesn't everyone have an anti-missile system deployed in their city's main square?
If the Rolling Stones can do it, then I guess the Israeli folk band, Kaveret, can do it too. These photos are from their August 2013 reunion concert.
You remember those Keebler elves that make the cookies with elven magic? Well, this is how they make Matzah.
By Shalom Bear
When Erdogan tried to ban Twitter and spectacularly failed, it reminded me of everyone (no names please) who put pressure on PM Netanyahu to apologize to Turkey for killing their terrorist that came our way. Someone suggested that we should shut down the SMS and cellular phone service in Gaza after the threatening (but hilariously […]
25,000 people joined in the fourth annual Jerusalem Marathon on Friday, March 21, 2014.
Television, film, and stage actor and director Blair Underwood visits the Old City of Jerusalem on March 20, 2014.
Bikur Cholim - visiting sick people, is considered a big Mitzvah in Judaism. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yaalon made a Bikur Cholim visit on Wednesday to the four soldiers wounded on the Golan Heights when their jeep was attacked along the Syrian border. One of the soldiers (not pictured) is in very bad […]
It's not a Zamboni, but it is smoothing the ice in Jerusalem's new (temporary) ice skating rink at First Station.
IDF officers carry a soldier who was wounded from an explosion, as he is evacuated to a hospital in Haifa on March 18, 2014. A roadside bomb wounded four Israeli soldiers patrolling the Golan Heights on Tuesday, and Israel retaliated with artillery fire on Syrian army positions. It was not clear who had planted the […]
Volunteers dressed up in costumes sing Purim songs and distribute treats in an effort to cheer children hospitalized at the Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, during Purim.
Sometimes it seems that Netanya is just chock full of dangerous people.
A lot more guns than usual were visible in Beit Shemesh.
By Tibbi Singer
Here's Thomas L. Friedman at the 7th Annual International INSS Conference in Tel Aviv, on January 29, 2014. I'll bet you no one else there tied their sweater around their neck like this, because no one else there was living in 1982. From the Urban Dictionary: When a person decides to wear a sweater LOOSELY […]
Opening event: December 29th, 7:30 pm at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel, December 24, 2013 – A moving first-of-its-kind exhibition showcasing the works of Jewish artists from the Former Soviet Union memorializing the Holocaust, will be on display and open to the public free of charge in Jerusalem for one month beginning […]
Israelis take part at the Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia charity bicycle race near the Jerusalem Old City walls.
A happy Rabbi Yehuda Glick after leaving the Temple Mount.
On Saturday night, the Israeli communications satellite Amos-4 will be launched into space.
Here's newly born and yet unnamed baboon infant, being cuddled with its mother Sigal in the Ramat Gan Safari Park, August 21 2013. The park usually waits until visitors or the public name new baby animal.
The Kite-Flying Festival, held annually at the Israel Museum, has become a Jerusalem tradition. Professional and amateur kite lovers from all over the country gather in Jerusalem every summer to fly kites that they designed themselves or created at the workshops held at the museum during the festival. During the festival, the museum's skies are […]
Just like in the women's, the men's final in Basketball in this year's Maccabiah games was a rematch from the preliminaries – USA vs. Argentina. But this time, the American team learned the lesson from its loss to Argentina earlier in the tournament, and won 87:76. Argentina got the silver and Israel the bronze after […]
As the Israeli police and Islamic Waqf have forbidden Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, it is obvious that this man is NOT praying. No sir. No reason to arrest him at all. He is simply standing in quiet contemplation.
MK Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) standing at the Knesset podium on Tuesday, addresses his fellow MKs.
US soldiers and officers celebrate 4th of July together with North American IDF Lone Soldiers at a Tel Aviv beach party
This is a graduation cap designed by Renee Wietschner, of Woodmere, Long Island, worn at Yeshiva University H.S. Girls ("Central") 2013 graduation. The unique and meaningful mortar board caught the attention of Dr. Paul Brody, an Israel activist living in Great Neck, Long Island, who sang the HaTikva at the ceremony, and was seated immediately […]
May 30, Sivan 21, marked the culmination of a year of learning Torah, when Rambam Mesivta students had the privilege of presenting novella to two great Rabbinical scholars. The students: Benjamin Akhavan, Dov Bitterman, Eitan Blumstein, Eric Grossman, Shlomo Laufer, Yair Lichtman, Michael Rosenfeld, Dovid Simpser and Joseph Yizhaky, are part of the school’s advanced […]
In the first event of its kind, the IDF’s Gaza Division hosted a cooking competition between various battalions located near the Gaza Strip last Monday (May 27). Over the course of the day, seven battalions participated in challenges focusing on particular cooking styles, redefining boundaries of the IDF’s food preparations. The jury consisted of four […]
Ever since his first campaign for President, President Obama has been running a Passover Seder, in which he celebrates the holiday of the Israel's freedom, along with staff members and their families. Along with the Seder, President Obama released this official statement: Statement from the President on Passover As we prepare for our fifth […]
By Tibbi Singer
We caught this picture on the Life in Israel blog. According to them, two days before Rabbi Menachem Fromman's death, MK Ruth Calderon (Yesh Atid) went to visit him in Tekoa. Rabbi Fromman was unconscious, so she said her good-byes, then rolled up her sleeves and went to work in the kitchen. She spent the […]
As they have done for the past 21 years, on Saturday night some 50 Jewish men, women and children held evening prayer and read the Megillah at the Yad Yair outpost in the Talmonim bloc. Yad Yair was established in 1991, in memory of Dolev resident Yair Mendelson who was murdered there by Arab terrorists […]
The Kineret is filling up beautifully from all the rain Israel has had over the winter. Apparently the fishing is good too. Can you identify what kind of fish, this fisherman has caught?
Hareidi boys dress up in a costumes as part of the Purim Holiday tradition, at the "Talmud Torah Ohalei Menachem" school in the town of Beitar Illit in Gusg Etzion.
The International Ice Festival is opening up soon in Jerusalem. Among the displays are incredible sculptures by very talented Chinese artists.
February 15, 2013 - The granddaughter of the head Rabbi of the Hasidic dynasty of Pinsk-Karlin stands in the men's section and dances the Mitzva Tantz (dance) during her wedding at a hall located in Beit Shemesh.
Hamshushalayim is the central cultural festival of the winter season in Israel that attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year and offers a unique combination of hundreds of quality cultural events coupled with tourist and culinary attractions, all concentrated into four fun packed weekends during December. Thanks to a sweeping collaboration of Jerusalem’s cultural […]
On November 29, 1947 the United Nations voted in a plan for the partition of the British Mandate territory of Palestine. The plan came to be called the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181.
NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured this visible image of Hurricane Sandy battering the U.S. East coast on Monday, Oct. 29 at 9:10 a.m. EDT. At 8 a.m. EDT the National Hurricane Center noted that the center of Hurricane Sandy was located near latitude 36.8 north and longitude 71.1 west. This was about 310 miles (505 km) […]
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