His Thou-Shalt-Not’s
President Shimon Peres spoke at a Synagogue in Riga, Latvia, on Tuesday, while on an official state visit to Latvia and Lithuania to discuss...
U-S-A !!!
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....
Minimizing Maximum Security
This is the Gilboa Prison, in northern Israel, home to 800 Palestinian "security prisoners."
The security prison was inaugurated in 2004, with the mission of...
This Man is NOT Praying
As the Israeli police and Islamic Waqf have forbidden Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, it is obvious that this man is NOT praying....
That’s Some Kiddush Cup
On the morning of the day he was elected to lead Israel's Rabbinate, Rabbi David Lau attended the brit mila of his grandson at...
We Shall Overcome
MK Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) standing at the Knesset podium on Tuesday, addresses his fellow MKs.
The Loving Pogrom
This picture was taken on August 16, 2005, the day after the 9th of Av. It shows IDF soldiers helping residents of the community...
The Rise and Fall of Gaza Crazy Park
Crazy Water Aqua Fun Park was a water park in the Gaza Strip, that opened in May 2010. Mohammed Al-Araj, a former economics minister...
Maccabiah Shots
Athletes from the Brazil delegation wave their national flags during the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, July 18, 2013. The 19th...
I Love Labs
This was supposed to be a picture of President Barack Obama delivering remarks on the Affordable Care Act's Medical Loss Ratio Refunds, in the...
All Kinds of Kissing
Today: hand kissing, why, when, where, who, and, most important: what the heck?
Former minister of Social Affairs and former Minister of Communications Moshe Kachlon...
My Dad
A father holds his daughter up to look at the men's section of the Western Wall on Tisha B'av, July 16, 2013.
I know it's...
Against the Wall
Last night, after shul, I asked a friend to drive to the Kotel with me, to say kinot, hang with the crowd, take in...
Israeli Spring
About 3,000 Israelis participated in a march Saturday night marking the second anniversary of the social protests of the summer of 2011.
The marchers walked...
The Antidote to Meah She’arim
The IDF's Golani Brigade concluded their beret march last week. That's your basic training hike to nowhere that tests every part of your body.
Here's...
1 Specie Down, 3 to Go
Oh, man, it's almost here, we're almost past the summer, we're almost around the curve, we're almost out there on the sidewalks packed with...
I So Need a Haircut
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Eric Pate, left, gives Marine Col. Craig Kozeniesky a haircut in the parking lot at Sendai Airport, Sendai, Japan.
And...
Chief Rabbi Takes a Cab
How the mighty have fallen. Here is self-suspended Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger, under investigation for bribery, money-laundering and fraud allegations, getting...
A Step Above
What a way to illustrate visually the fact that the Arab mosque on Temple Mount is of no consequence. If enough Jews wanted to,...
US and IDF (American) Soldiers Celebrate 4th of July Together
US soldiers and officers celebrate 4th of July together with North American IDF Lone Soldiers at a Tel Aviv beach party
Touch and Go
MK Moshe Feiglin (L) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) during a special Knesset session marking the 37th anniversary of the Entebbe...
Best 4th of July Fireworks – in Cairo
Like most of the people on the planet, I was glued to my TV screen last night, following the events in the streets of...
Price Tagging
David Hai Hisdai, 19, is seen sitting in a Magistrate Court in Rishon le'Tzion, July 2, 2013, awaiting a hearing. He is being accused...
Hamas on Patrol
This is a Hamas security foot patrol in the Rafah area, on the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, June 30, 2013.
Hamas has boosted its...
4th of July Around the Corner
Dan Buchanan flies down on a hang glider, during the Holloman Air Show's "Legacy of Liberty" at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
Shooting...
Are Babies Born Ready to Swim?
Babies have a pair of reflexes that can make them appear to be good swimmers: the dive reflex and the swimming reflex, according to...
The Torah Rescuer
You'd have thought Butcher David Gantman was probably more at home with his cutlets and chickens than he was with the Torah scrolls he...
A Yiddishe (Graduation) Cap
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...
Hugging Jerusalem
An Arab guy named Haj Ibrahim Ahmad Abu el-Hawa, and an unnamed Jewish guy in a knitted yarmulke hold hands in front of the...
Fast of Tammuz 17
Some folks take the fast day seriously, complete with the sack cloth and ashes thing, which is commendable. I'm just sitting here, at my...