People

We learn to trust and respect our elders, that's besides the fact that their eyes have seen them all, and they learned much from life, so they can teach us.

This old Shtetl Jew is awaiting news, any news would do. Could be good news, like a letter arrived from his children in America, or even bad news, like his...

Ever seen an older Yerushalmi, and he wouldn't offer you a vort on the Parsha of the week? Seems like the wisdom of Jerusalem's young doesn't evaporate with age, rather...

Wrapped in a Talit, slowly swaying back and forth, and I know that he's deep in prayer. The Talmud says that the Devine presence never left the Kotel, the Western...

Jerusalem has seen its ups and downs, much like the Jewish people throughout the exile. For many years, Jerusalem hasn't heard many children running and playing hide and seek, now it does. Now...

Walking home from Shul after Prayers, after a fine Kiddush of spicy Jerusalem kugel and herring. The conversation can be overheard since no one is husshing anyways, so I might...

Sephardic Sefer Torahs appear so magnificent and royal to me, I guess it's because I am used to an Ashkenazic one. But one thing I know for sure, that the...

Scenes such as these are seen all over the country, soldiers heading somewhere, and amongst the flow comes along a brother in a different uniform. While the soldiers do what...

To shop on Erev Shabbat in the Machanei Yehuda Souk, is like strolling through an enchanted story book from a long time ago. Haggling and bargaining is the trick of...

Three brothers in tow, going to Bobby for Shabbos, their paces are quick, and they seem very familiar in those narrow streets. These streets are now spotless clean and smell...

Screaming headlines, one on top of each other, all vying for your attention. Some seem to be very urgent based on their font size, others are too much to read....

After davening in the Shteeblach, a Yerushalmi loves the walk home. He'll surely inhale the delicious aroma of fresh bread and baked rolls, the whiff of freshly garden picked vegetables....

This charcoal drawing is based on a vintage photo of the Mea Shearim Shuk with an elderly Yid walking the street. This drawing has so much warmth, and it will...

This drawing depicts a pre-War scene of Shtetl children playing a game of Chess after Cheder, using the same concentration used at the Gemara, to win and outsmart the next...

Amar Abaya, Amar Rava. Nothing changed since this elderly Yid was a kid in Cheder, except his age, wisdom and life experience. Religious Jews never stop learning the Talmud and...

This pencil art, depicts 2 elderly Jewish women from pre-war Europe, coming home from Shul after prayers and sharing between themselves their latest woes and troubles.

This elderly Jew in pre-war Poland got instructions from his Doctor to do daily walks, he is just taking a rest now. So what is the rest is for over...

This pencil drawing shows a Chasiddic Jew walking home from Shul on a winter morning in pre-war Poland. It's wet and cold, and at home awaits a lovely Shabbat meal...

A Rebbe taking his Cheder students on a short walk around the block. A very treasured moment by these students, who are taking a well deserved break of Talmud learning....

This pencil drawing shows a Jew in a pre-war Polish town, totally immersed in his daily newspaper, reading about the latest in politics, pogroms and updates on those "Landsleit" who...