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Nir > Stock photo of stained glass window in the church at Les Soeurs de Notre-Dame de Sion Monastery, founded by the Jewish convert brothers Theodore and Alfonse Retisbon of France, as an orphanage. Alfonse himself lived in the monastery and is buried in its garden. Nuns from the order of Les Soeurs de Notre-Dame de Sion, Sisters of Our Lady of Zion, now occupy the site. Shot August 2007.

Nir > Stock photo of ultra orthodox Jews rallying in prayer and mourning against a planned pride - gay parade in Jerusalem. 17-June-2007.

Nir > Stock photo shot June 21 2007 at a pride/gay parade along King David Street in Jerusalem Israel. Some 7000 police men and women were assigned to secure the parade against threats of radical religious groups that opposed what they regarded as defiling God's holy city,

Nir > The Many Faces of Jerusalem photo

Nir > 1-October-2006: On the eve of the Holy Jewish Day of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, religious Jews bless themselves while spinning live poultry in the air above their heads and then mercilessly slaughtering them in sacrifice. Yom Kippur is commemorated with a 25-hour fast and intensive prayer. It is the most holy day of the Jewish year. Eating, drinking, washing, cosmetics, wearing leather shoes, and conjugal

relations are prohibited. Fasting, total abstention from all food and drink, usually begins one half hour before sundown and ends after nightfall the following day. There is no commerce of any kind in the Jewish areas.

Nir > 1-October-2006: On the eve of the Holy Jewish Day of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, religious Jews bless themselves while spinning live poultry in the air above their heads and then mercilessly slaughtering them in sacrifice. Yom Kippur is commemorated with a 25-hour fast and intensive prayer. It is the most holy day of the Jewish year. Eating, drinking, washing, cosmetics, wearing leather shoes, and conjugal

relations are prohibited. Fasting, total abstention from all food and drink, usually begins one half hour before sundown and ends after nightfall the following day. There is no commerce of any kind in the Jewish areas.

Nir > Internal architecture and decoration at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel. Built in the fourth century over the site of a Roman Pagan temple, this is considered one of the worlds holiest shrines to Christians, preserving the most important moments of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Nir > Stock photo of ultra orthodox Jews rallying in prayer and mourning against a planned pride - gay parade in Jerusalem. 17-June-2007.

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