Category Archive: Israel

Jaffa Empire of Light

Jaffa Empire of Light

The vast Mediterranean sea splashes into the city of Yafo (Jaffa, יפו, the beautiful), millenary dock to the West. Light that comes from the Empire …

 

Zion Sunset

Zion Sunset

Viewing the Mediterranean Ocean from Tel Aviv. Heading West, to the land of the free.

 

Smoking rocks

Smoking rocks

Girls sitting over some rocks at the southernmost beach of Tel Aviv, just before the Old City of Jaffa. Smoking their cigs over the rocks, or rocks …

 

Sunset over Tel Aviv

Sunset over Tel Aviv

End of a very sunny day at the southernmost Tel Aviv beach, near the Old City of Jaffa. At the background you can see the …

 

Antennas

Antennas

View from the roof of a house at the Muslim quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Antennas, the Dome and the crosses of the …

 

Mount of the Olives

Mount of the Olives

View of the Mount of the Olives and the path of the Messiah for all major monotheist religions. There’s a belief that the Messiah will come to us …

 

Through the Old City alleys

Through the Old City alleys

A typical alley at the old city of Jerusalem Armenian neighborhood. Clothes hanging in between the houses and a old man sits on a sofa …

 

Purim

Purim

Pictures of the Purim day commemorations on the central streets of Jerusalem. Ben Yehuda and Shoshan Street.

 

Golden Jerusalem

Golden Jerusalem

Panoramic view from the Jewish quarter of the old city of Jerusalem. The Western Wall and its esplanade. At the background, the Muslim quarter and …

 

The tea man

The tea man

Soldier and tea man chat at the Muslim market, the Souk, at the Old City of Jerusalem.

 

Old City Backgammon

Old City Backgammon

At the Muslim quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, two salesman sit in front of the stores to play a late afternoon match before …

 

The Kotel vision

The Kotel vision

Praying in front of the Western Wall from the Bet Hamikdash. View from the perspective of the wall to the people.

 

The Old City

The Old City

Panoramic view from the Christian quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

 

The horn of the Ram

The horn of the Ram

Bovidae sheep from the Yehuda mountains. According to the Talmud, a shofar may be made from the horn of any animal from the Bovidae family …