Ultra Orthodox

Lighting the fifth candle of Hanukkah in Bnei Brak

Lighting the fifth candle of Hanukkah throughout the city of Bnei Brak. Bnei Brak, Dec 1629, 2024. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS-IL

Tashlich ritual at the Sadigura Hassidic courtyard in Bnei Brak

The Sadigura Hassidic Tashlich ritual, led by the Rebbe and with the participation of hundreds of Hasidic Jews, takes place in the Hasidic courtyard in Bnei Brak ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of Atonement, which begins in two days. The Tashlich symbolically tosses one’s sins into a body of water. Bnei Brak, Oct 9, 2024. Photo by Yossi ...

Tashlich ritual at Ashdod beach

Ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of Atonement which begins in three days, Hassidic Jews perform the Tashlich ritual at Ashdod beach. The Tashlich is the ceremony of symbolically tossing one’s sins into a body of water. Ashdod, Sep 21, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS

Ultra-Orthodox rally against military conscription

Police presence at the recruitment office in Jerusalem at the end of the demonstration of hundreds of ultra-Orthodox against the recruitment of yeshiva students, which included clashes with the police. Jerusalem, Aug 21, 2024. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS

Joshua’s Altar

Jews arrive at Mount Ebal in Samaria to pray at the altar of the Prophet Joshua on Feb. 12, 2021. Researchers believe the site may have had sacred significance for prehistoric hunters. Photo by Nadav Goldstein/TPS

demonstration

Orthodox or Haredi Jews in Jerusalem block roads and light rail tracks on Sept. 13, 2023, to protest the arrest of a man who did not respond to a military draft notice. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS

Haredi conscription

Israeli soldiers and Haredim at the entrance to an Israel Defense Forces recruitment office in Ramat Gan on June 25, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS

Camp Yaakov Dori Tel-Hashomer

Israeli soldiers and Haredim at the entrance to an Israel Defense Forces recruitment office in Ramat Gan on June 25, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS

Baking Matzos for Passover 2024 by Vizhnitz Chassidim

Vizhnitz Chassidim in the city of Bnei Brak baking Matzos, the special unleavened flatbread eaten on the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins on April 22. Bnei Brak, Apr 17, 2024. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS

Baking Matzos for Passover 2024 by Kretshnif Chassidim

Kretshnif Chassidim men bake Matzos, the special unleavened flatbread eaten on the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins on April 22. Rehovot, Apr 11, 2024. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS