Photographia Hadash 2 (New Photography)

The Old City - Outside Walls


Monk in black
An Ethiopian monk (or an Orthodox monk, I don't know) walks out of the Jaffa Gate


March
A new unit of soldiers marching from the Old City

Close
Marching...

Walls
The walls of the Old City, outside the Jewish Quarter

Walls
Walls of the Old City

Tourists
Ethiopian Christian tourists, outside Jaffa Gate

The Old City - The Christian Quarter


Pilgrims
Indian Christian pilgrims walking to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

The Kotel:

Me and Ari
Me and Ari Feldman at the Kotel plaza


Smoking
A new soldier enjoys a cigarette

Torch
The torch left over from the military swearing-in ceremony

Ceremony
A crowd from a swearing-in ceremony

Post
Post ceremony, hanging out

Old Man
Men's section

Tefillin
I think these guys wear their tefillin all day and stand at the Kotel all afternoon, because I always see them there

Church of the Holy Sepulcher (on Christmas):

Outlet
Next to the main sanctuary. If I was a Christian electrical outlet, I would want to be THIS electrical outlet.

Clean
A monk cleans up the candles near the rotunda

Crosses
Getting the prayer beads Mom and I bought for friends in the States blessed

Kiss
A Christmas visitor at the Tomb of Jesus

Mural
A damaged mural next to the crucifixion site

The Kotel:

Dome
The Dome of the Rock, at dusk

tefillin
Men at the Kotel at dusk

White
Haredim at the wall. What a surprise.

Jerusalem
A note marked "Jerusalem"


Out and About in Jerusalem

Cloudy
A cloudy day in the New City

Haredim

All day
A small sect of haredim have the custom to wear their tefillin all day instead of just morning prayers. They are followers of the Vilna Goan
and live largely in the Old City. Here you can see the two straps from the head tefillin, which is under his yamulka.

Tel Aviv:

TA
A scientology booth in Tel Aviv

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