Shofar Manufacturing Ahead of the Jewish New Year

YEHIEL RATSABI, 74, blows a shofar, an ancient musical horn made of a ram's horn and used for Jewish religious purposes, at the Jerusalem Shofars workshop. The workshop now works at full capacity to meet peaking demand ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur.

Israel National Elections Campaigns 2019 Round 2

Former IDF Chief of Staff, Blue and White Party Head and contender for the role of Prime Minister, BENNY GANTZ, speaks at a political convention organized by the religious Zionist parties ahead of round two of the national elections for parliament scheduled for 17th September, 2019. The Blue and White Party is the only true challenge to Netanyahu's Likud led government in upcoming elections.

'Bein HaMetzarim' Mourns Destruction of Jewish Temples

A northward view from the City of David depicts the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount. The City of David is an archaeological site and home to a park and visitor center managed by the Ir David Foundation, also known as Elad. This association openly aims to strengthen Jewish connection to Jerusalem, create a Jewish majority in Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem and renew the Jewish community in the City of David, which is also part of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan. The City of David is speculated to be the original urban core of ancient Jerusalem. Religious Jews are in the midst of observing the 'Three Weeks' or 'Bein HaMetzarim', a period of mourning over the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples, a period that will climax on the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, observed beginning the evening of 10th August, 2019.

'Bein HaMetzarim' Mourns Destruction of Jewish Temples

A northward view from the City of David depicts the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount. The City of David is an archaeological site and home to a park and visitor center managed by the Ir David Foundation, also known as Elad. This association openly aims to strengthen Jewish connection to Jerusalem, create a Jewish majority in Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem and renew the Jewish community in the City of David, which is also part of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan. The City of David is speculated to be the original urban core of ancient Jerusalem. Religious Jews are in the midst of observing the 'Three Weeks' or 'Bein HaMetzarim', a period of mourning over the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples, a period that will climax on the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, observed beginning the evening of 10th August, 2019.

Orthodox Church Files New Lawsuit in Jerusalem

A Franciscan priest walks towards the Jaffa Gate. In June 2019 Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate thus approving the sale of the New Imperial Hotel and the Petra Hostel to the Jewish right wing group Ateret Cohanim, which seeks to increase Jewish presence in the Old City. The Patriarchate filed a new indictment 5th August, 2019, with the Jerusalem District Court to annul the Supreme Court's decision citing new evidence including recordings and forged documents allegedly proving the 2004 deals involved bribes by then paid to former Patriarchate employee, Nicholas Papadimas.

Snake Handler Rafael Yifrach

Israeli snake handler, breeder and catcher RAFAEL YIFRACH, 52, handles a Boa Constrictor in his home in Karmei Yosef. Yifrach has been intrigued by snakes since he was seven years old, he’s been bitten by venomous snakes 18 times and currently grows and breeds some 300 non venomous snakes. World Snake Day is celebrated 16th July contributing to the cause of conservation of a sometimes dangerous but mostly misrepresented reptile.

Phylacteries Wrap Stand for Women in Jerusalem

Women of the Wall, an organization known for fighting for women’s prayer rights at the Western Wall, runs a tefillin, or phylacteries, wrap stand for women in Jerusalem's down town. Municipal approval for the move was received after repeated appeals over several months. Tefillin, two small black boxes containing parchment with verses from the Hebrew Bible are wound around the head and the arm with black leather straps and are considered a commandment in Orthodox Judaism. As such they are traditionally men’s domain only.

Israel Air Force Flight Course Graduation Ceremony

A Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules turboprop transport aircraft releases flares to divert incoming heat seeking missiles at an air show at a graduation ceremony honoring newly certified Israel Air Force pilots and navigators following their successful completion of one of the most competitive and rigorous training processes in the IDF at Hazerim Air Base in the Negev Desert.

Jewish Ethiopian Memorial Day 2019 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 2nd June, 2019. Israelis of Ethiopian descent partake in the State Memorial Service for Ethiopian Jews, Beta Israel, who perished en route to Israel before Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). Some 4,000 are estimated to have died en route to Israel. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News.

Daily Life in Israel

An ultra Orthodox Jewish man passes a hijab head covered Muslim woman on opposite sides of the street.

Jewish Ethiopian Memorial Day 2019 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 2nd June, 2019. Israelis of Ethiopian descent partake in the State Memorial Service for Ethiopian Jews, Beta Israel, who perished en route to Israel before Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). Some 4,000 are estimated to have died en route to Israel. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News.

Jewish Ethiopian Memorial Day 2019 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 2nd June, 2019. Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYAHU partakes in the State Memorial Service for Ethiopian Jews, Beta Israel, who perished en route to Israel before Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). Some 4,000 are estimated to have died en route to Israel. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News.

Jewish Ethiopian Memorial Day 2019 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 2nd June, 2019. Israelis of Ethiopian descent partake in the State Memorial Service for Ethiopian Jews, Beta Israel, who perished en route to Israel before Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). Some 4,000 are estimated to have died en route to Israel. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News.

Memorial Day 2019 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 8th May, 2019. Families, friends and comrades in arms pay respects and mourn the fallen at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery on Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron, for Israel’s fallen servicemen and victims of terror attacks, commemorating 23,741 fallen. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News.

Scenes of Rome

A man walks three sighthound dogs through a narrow alley.

Scenes of Rome

A pair of seagulls rest atop a stone column, part of the Imperial Fora, the remains of a series of monumental public squares constructed between 46 BC and 113 AD which were the center of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

Scenes of Rome

A heterosexual couple embrace and kiss near the Imperial Fora, the remains of a series of monumental public squares constructed between 46 BC and 113 AD which were the center of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

Scenes of Rome

A man and a woman passionately converse in the street.