-Nahal Haredi
Jerusalem, Israel – 26th of May, 2013: Soldiers of the Nahal Haredi battalion, a religiously observant unit of the IDF, take part in their swearing-in ceremony at the Givat Hatachmoshet (Ammunition Hill) museum.
-Higher Authorities
Jerusalem, Israel – 15th of May, 2013: Tens of thousands of haredim (ultra-orthodox Jews) gathered outside one of Jerusalem’s army induction centers to protest against the government’s plan to begin drafting them into the IDF.
-The Women and the Wall
Jerusalem, Israel – 10th of May, 2013: The prayer group Nashot HaKotel (the Women of the Wall) returned to the Kotel (Jerusalem’s Western Wall) to hold their Rosh Hodesh prayers, marking the beginning of the new Jewish month. In a challenge to what they describe as the domination of orthodoxy over contemporary Judaism, these women read the Torah aloud, and pray wearing a tallit (prayer shawls), two practices that are traditionally reserved for men.
-Lag Ba’Omer in Mea Shearim
Jerusalem, Israel – 27th of April, 2013: Ultra-orthodox Jews celebrate the Lag Ba’Omer holiday by lighting a huge bonfire and dancing around it throughout the night.
-Haredi Rock
Kikar Zion, Jerusalem – Street musicians perform a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Echoes” in the city’s central Zion Square.