Talmud Underground

An Ultra-Orthodox man reading the Talmud on the subway from Underground NY Public Library. The photo blog is a project of acclaimed street photographer, Ourit Ben-Haim. In an interview, Ben-Haim said that when she takes a photograph of someone reading she sees "people who are contemplating description of new possibilities. In this way, every book says that its reader is simply great."

Given the number of Orthodox Jews that take the subway every day, this isn't their first appearance on the photo blog either.