some pics for you to relax from this
source while you guys to think up more stories to tell
Yom Kippur Eve Mea Shearim 1972
I N . M E A . S H E A R I M.in Jerusalem, everyone is always in a rush. Have you ever seen an Orthodox Jew who is not in a hurry? How much more so on the shortest day of the year, the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It was five o'clock in the morning, and this old man had already gone to fetch his chicken to be sure he would fulfill the ancient rite of caparot. The chicken did not break the silence of the street, as if accepting that it was being delivered to its fate
Crossing the suez canal, Yom kippur war. 1973
T H E . W A R . W H I C H began when the Egyptians in a surprise attack crossed the canal into Sinai, started to turn around as the Israelis finally managed to drive a bridgehead back over the canal and carry the fighting to Egyptian soil. In the still gloomy atmosphere, General Arik Sharon's aggressive optimism had not only to inspire his soldiers but also to overcome skeptical strategies. Moshe Dayan, then minister of defense, flew in. Like him, I climbed on Sharon's armored vehicle to watch the attack in progress. The battle was not yet over, but the war was decided.
ARTILLERY BARAGE, SUEZ CANAL, YOM KIPPUR WAR 1973
T H E . I S R A L I . H A D . B E E N crossing into Egypt for several hours when we where discovered by the Egyptian artillery. We where talking to the prisoners we had already taken when suddenly shells started to fall around us. The barrage did not distinguish between capture and captive as we huddled together. I kept photographing, instinctively, trusting to what a friend once told me that in situations like these, composition takes care of itself.