Sticker Series

Seder Table at Paula's

 

Eilat to Dead Sea Trip

 

Nachal Arugot Hike

 

Negev

 

Eilat Harbor

 

Eilat Hotel Lobby

 

Coral Reef Eilat

 

Dan in Eilat

 

Cat in Shuk

 

Yom Ha'Shoa

The entire country of Israel literally comes to a stand still on the Holocaust Remembrance Day. A morning siren sounds for 2 minutes, during which time everyone, everywhere stops what they are doing and stands, soberly at attention. The photos at left were taken on the corner of a busy Jerusalem intersection. Look carefully at the street scene and you will see that people stop their cars, get out and stand quietly remembering the tragedy that nearly destroyed the entire population of European Jews. Even the woman carrying her groceries, stopped instantly, in the middle of the crosswalk, and waited. After quickly snapping these photos, I joined in the stillness. Then, the emotional wave struck me. Daniel held my hand and hugged me as I cried for maybe 5 minutes. It was not just sadness for the loss to humanity, it was pride that we have survived and life goes on.

Kara and Guitar

 

Shuk on Shabbat

 

Jerusalem Shuk 2006

 

Yellow on yellow

Negev Morning

 

Eilat Market Artist

Negev Morning

 

Portrait of Kara in Tel Aviv

 

Eilat Market Portrait

Security Fence

Although most photos, like the one at left, focus on those portions of the fence that are made of concrete, the most of the barrier is fence. Read comments from AIPAC:
--The anti-terrorism barrier is a fence, not a wall.
--Approximately 96 percent of the more than 400 planned miles of the barrier is a chain-link fence outfitted with sophisticated electronic sensors.
--The walled sections of the fence often shown on television comprise less than 4 percent of the fence.
--The less than 4 percent composed of concrete slabs was built in areas where Palestinian sniper fire from nearby villages was aimed at Israeli homes and motorists on the Trans-Israel Highway, one of the countrys key arteries. Furthermore, much of the concrete part of the barrier was built more than five years ago as protection against Palestinian snipers with little or no international objection.
--Six of the eight concrete segments of the fence are built on the Israeli side of the former Green Line. The two sections that are built beyond the 1949 armistice line cross into the West Bank by less than 100 yards. The fence is a temporary measure that can easily be moved. For further reading: see http://aipac.org/result.cfm?id=1686 or http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/talking/24_fence.html
 

Separation Fence

 

Self Portrait

 

French Quarter Musician II

 

St. Joseph's Parade

 

French Quarter Street Scene VI