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Snapshot: Friends, Romans and Yair Lapid

Ofer Shelach, from Yair Lapid's inner circle, kneels down in the Knesset chamber ahead of Naftali Bennett's maiden speech.

By Tal Niv | Mar 7, 2013 | 03:27 PM | 2

Ofer Shelah and Yair Lapid in the Knesset chamber ahead of Naftali Bennett’s maiden speech.

Lapid's financial gamble
By Sami Peretz

Snapshot: After the tear gas

This photograph shows Palestinians after inhaling tear gas outside the Ofer military prison near Ramallah, February 21, 2013.

By Tal Niv | Feb 28, 2013 | 03:36 PM

Soldiers from the co-ed Caracal Battalion.

Snapshot: Is that an IDF soldier or Alice Cooper?

In the past decade, soldiers have been the subject of endless observation in Israeli photography – usually with their peers or when confronting others.

By Tal Niv | Feb 23, 2013 | 10:15 AM

Snapshot: Home from (demolished) home

It is neither Isaac nor Samson nor Ashurbanipal who is seen in this AP picture; it is a Palestinian boy crying out to the heavens.

By Tal Niv | Feb 16, 2013 | 10:22 AM

Snapshot: What Naftali Bennett's dimple can't hide

The ingratiating, self-conscious grin adopted by the Bayit Hayehudi head is a mask.

By Tal Niv | Feb 7, 2013 | 11:37 AM

Snapshot: Pilgrimage meets politics

There is more to this photograph than the cynicism of the Shas election campaign; it is also rife with disparities between banality and festivity, and between wealth and poverty.

By Tal Niv | Jan 24, 2013 | 02:31 PM

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Snapshot: Snow joke at the Netanyahu residence

This family portrait is deficient; it is occupied with Netanyahu himself, who in all his images seems to be sucking in all the air around him.

By Tal Niv | Jan 18, 2013 | 01:14 PM

Snapshot: Foul play in the West Bank fields

In this AFP photograph, a settler woman and her child from Esh Kodesh try to prevent Palestinians from plowing a field.

By Tal Niv | Jan 10, 2013 | 01:51 PM | 3

Snapshot: Sleeping like the dead at a checkpoint into Israel

This photograph by Atta Awisat shows a vulnerable moment in the life of a Palestinian worker.

By Tal Niv | Dec 15, 2012 | 10:43 AM

Demonstrators in support of the Palestinian bid to become a nonmember observer state at the UN

Snapshot: Every dog has its day (at a pro-Palestine demo)

In this photograph, it's the number 67 that sends our thoughts back to that wrinkle in time and to a boundary line which can barely be drawn.

By Tal Niv | Dec 8, 2012 | 08:40 AM

Snapshot: The IDF's Colgate moment

Operation Pillar of Defense gave a powerful boost to the ethos of the Israeli soldier: Young, dedicated, idealistic – and with snow white teeth.

By Tal Niv | Nov 29, 2012 | 10:39 AM

Snapshot: After the Grad

David Bachar's photograph projects a feeling of randomness, generated by the chance gathering of these particular people at this particular place.

By Tal Niv | Nov 22, 2012 | 01:59 PM

Snapshot: Taking cover from rocket fire

What is there in this photograph of people running for shelter that prompted two newspapers to run it on their front page?

By Tal Niv | Nov 15, 2012 | 01:46 PM

Jerusalem & Babylon

People watch Pope Francis on a giant screen in St. Peter's square

Separating Vatican myths from reality

By Anshel Pfeffer | 01:48 AM

Anglo File

Participants in a Hebrew lesson in March 2013.

Tel Aviv alternative ulpan provides Hebrew classes to young, hip crowd

By Andrew Esensten | 03:20 PM

Pleasure Hunting

The kibbutznik-turned-entrepreneur who serves kubbeh to New Yorkers

Visitors to the restaurant sit around a common tables and eat the semolina dumplings stuffed with seasoned meat or vegetables served in a variety of flavorful broths‏.

By Ronit Vered | Mar 14, 2013 | 05:01 PM

Departures/Arrivals

Israeli national youth rythmic gymnastics team flying to Moscow

Departures/Arrivals: Israel's youth rhythmic gymnastics team flies to Moscow

Chabadnik Mendi Goldshmid lands in Israel to collect supplies for his seder in the Ukraine.

| Mar 14, 2013 | 04:45 PM

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Snapshot: (Palestinian) Girl, interrupted

Everything is inverted in this sad, wrenching photograph taken by AP's Majdi Mohammed on November 2.

By Tal Niv | Nov 8, 2012 | 02:15 PM | 29

The Makings of History

Will we ever find out what the censor left out?

In Tom Segev's final column, he continues to shine a light on missing chapters of Israeli history.

By Tom Segev | Mar 16, 2013 | 10:08 PM | 2

Portion of the Week

Early 20th-century depiction of the Temple’s altar.

Exposing the ‘true face’ of God / Parashat Vayikra

A well-known parable in the Babylonian Talmud explains why Bilga's family, one of the priestly families in Jerusalem, was punished. A hint: It wasn't because Miriam, a daughter of Bilga, became an apostate or married a Greek officer.

By Yakov Meir | Mar 15, 2013 | 09:08 AM

Doron Rosenblum

Bring the popcorn: It's Bibi's new government and the Holy Grail

'Movie' is a small word to describe the spectacle we're seeing.

By Doron Rosenblum | Mar 9, 2013 | 05:23 PM

Pen Ultimate

A biblical perspective on Israeli government without ultra-Orthodox

A few thoughts on reading between the lines of the Torah, in light of coalition wranglings over the issue of 'sharing the burden.'

By Michael Handelzalts | Mar 8, 2013 | 10:29 AM | 3

The Twilight Zone

The IRA veteran and the daughter of a slain MP who preached peace to Israelis

'Suddenly,' Jo Berry says, 'I began to see the human face. The image of the terrorist faded and was replaced by the image of a man.'

By Gideon Levy, Nir Kafri | Mar 17, 2013 | 04:08 PM | 2

Sayed Kashua

Sayed Kashua's quest for another homeland

I was taught that there is no other place for me than Tira, but I want to teach my children differently.

By Sayed Kashua | Mar 14, 2013 | 05:32 PM