๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ธ Ivanka Trump at the Western Wall this morning. She joins her father as he made history today as the first sitting United States President to visit the holy site.
Category Archives: HUMANS of JUDAISM
Meet Zehava
….actually you already know her because she’s the most photographed Human of this project (Humans of Tel Aviv). I started taking her picture when she was only 93, and that was when her love affair with the camera started. Every year she “promised” that next…
Aerosmith arrived in Israel and posted this:
‘Sound check Tel Aviv. Get ready! The tour kicks off tomorrow night.’
It’s going to be a brilliant weekend! Here’s a Rabbi on a skateboard:
Source: Humans of Jerusalem #ShabbatShalom
“Today we were walking up Amsterdam Ave. after having brunch with two delicious alumni. Soon we realized that we needed to get back to our apartment to prepare for an alumnusโ wedding this evening.”
Shortly after getting ourselves seated in the back of a taxi, we noticed that the driver was an older, white woman. Unusual. She soon asked where we were from. First we replied Boston and then added Brooklyn. โWhere in Brooklyn?โ she asked. โCrown Heights?โ โYes,โ…
“My mom once fell on a cactus. That’s actually how she met my dad.
It would be a completely typical Australian love story if not for an extra twistโwe don’t think it was an accident. Both their parents had moved to Australia from Syria and Egypt after WWII, and they had grown up together. My mom always had a…
๐#TeacherAppreciationWeek
“I grew up down the block, but I used to get bused to school in a white area. There were always a lot of people in that neighborhood who would make us feel like we didnโt belong. They would try to send a message that…
“I install air conditioning systems for a living, and people are always telling me I could do a lot better in the states.”
I was working on a rooftop the other day with a friend and he asked, “what are you still doing here? Go to America and make money!”. I pointed at the Jerusalem sky line and said “could you put a price on that?”. Source: Humans…
In 2015 our family was notified of the decease of my great uncle in New York.
While cleaning his house, we found this amazing picture, but sadly we will never know the full story behind it. On the back of the picture, my great uncle wrote the following: 1 Russian Minister in Israel Mr. Abramoff. 2 Golda Meir. Foreign relations minister,…
A week ago, I met Edward Mossberg at March of the Living International in Auschwitz. He has worn the striped uniform ever since.
His granddaughter who was walking with him wore her grandmotherโs uniform. Mosberg held a Torah with the names of the camps that he and his wife had survived. During his speech, Mossberg shouted: “For me Sunday is Holocaust Day, and Monday is Holocaust Day, and…
Israel Isโฆ by Natalie Portman
“Where I was born. Where I ate my first Popsicle and used a proper toilet for the first time. Where some of my 18-year-old friends spend their nights in bunkers sleeping with their helmets on. Where security guards are the only jobs in surplus. Where…
Today, we marked Remembrance Day.
Israel mourned the sons and daughters who gave their lives to achieve Israel’s independence and its continued existence. At the same time we celebrate Israel’s 69th birthday and its many achievements. ๐ฎ๐ฑ Happy Birthday #Israel! Source: Yehuda Elmaliach – Art
They may not be with us, but they are always in our hearts. #YomHaZikaron
Source: Eyal Mass Photographer
“Tonight, private grief is intertwined with national pain. I remember my brothers-in-arms who fell in defense of our homeland.”
Tonight I remember, as I remember every day of my life, my beloved brother Yoni, who fell while commanding the Sayeret Matkal force in Operation Yonatan to free hostages in Entebbe. Yoni, as the years pass, the longing only grows, and the pain only deepens.”…
๐ฎ๐ฑ #YomHaZikaron
Tonight we mark the Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism. 23,544 people gave their lives for the establishment and the defense of our country. May they rest in peace.
I woke up this morning to heartbreaking news. The world has lost another special soul, this time it is our friend Simcha Elazar Jessel.
You may not know Simcha personally but you know his work. Simcha started Humans of Jerusalem (the real one!) and to call it a passion project would not fully capture what the page and it’s work meant to him. He was a talented photographer and…
โI was born Jewish in a small village in Ethiopia. I never knew my father.”
When I was five years old, my mother and I were set to move to Israel. It had always been her dream. A week before the flight, my mother died in a car accident. I couldnโt move to Israel on my own because I was…
“A very old man came in to my Starbucks. Halfway through struggling to understand his order through his thick accent, he noticed my necklace.”
He stopped and said “Your star is beautiful.”, and I thanked him. There was a long pause before he spoke again. When he did, he said “It is beautiful, but I am having a hard time looking at it. The last time I wore one,…
“My grandfather was shot and buried alive.”
“He survived and climbed out of the grave of Jewish bodies when he felt it was safe enough. This was one of many miracles he experienced in the holocaust. On 2 occasions he was hung but due to ‘false alarms’ he managed to escape. On…
Jewish refugees, approaching allied soldiers, become aware that they have just been liberated. April,1945.
Source: History In Pictures
โก๏ธ #YomHaShoah
๐ฏ #HolocaustRemembranceDay ๐ฎ๐ฑ #AmYisraelChai Source: ืืืืขืืช ืืืจืื ืืช Yedioth Ahronoth
โก๏ธ Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Elie Wiesel was an American Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. He will always be remembered. 6 million Jews will always be remembered. #NeverForget #NeverAgain
“Today at JFK airport, I met Max Glauben, an 89 year old man from Dallas, Texas who survived six concentration camps during the Holocaust.”
“On this yearโs Holocaust Remembrance Day, Max is going on his twelveth March of the Living International trip, an annual educational tour through Poland and Israel, sharing his story with thousands of participants from all over the world. On his jacket he listed all the…