Haganah '48

 Haganah fighters in Jerusalem

1948

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In the Cafe of Lost Youth

Recently finished. Vintage Modiano from start to finish. As evocative and haunting as any of his earlier titles. The city of Paris once again serves as the main canvas, and through its dark corners, nocturnal cafes, and psychogeographical trek through quiet side streets, reading this slim but powerful book transported me to a former time and also brought back a similar sense of my own nostalgia. 

Miami Beach 3/20/21

Street scenes along Ocean Drive in Miami Beach this weekend. SWAT teams were called in and an 8 pm curfew was enacted by the city to deal with public disorder. Throngs of spring break revelers (and others) have descended on Miami within the past week. They clearly have not been keen to observe any COVID precautions to say the least. Not that there were many to begin with in Florida right now, but I guess that says a lot.

EPA

EPA

The Light of Days

I'm in love with this accompanying illustration in this weekend's New York Times op-ed section. It's from a piece written by Judy Batalion's about her newly released book, The Light of Days, which covers the mostly untold stories of female Jewish resistance fighters during the Second World War. Very much looking forward to reading it.

Cristiana Couceiro/Getty Images. Ghetto Fighters' House

IDF in the West Bank

 IDF soldiers during night operations deep within the Palestinian territories.

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Sali Ariel, Tel Aviv

Classic Tel Aviv street scene as depicted by artist Sari Ariel.

Monit sherut kav 5, likely passing through Rehov Dizengoff.

 

Sali Ariel. Bauhaus Center

חוזרים לחיים

Following a successful vaccination drive and a drop in COVID cases, restaurants and bars in Israel have now largely opened up again after months of lockdown restrictions. Despite some of the controversy surrounding Israel's green passport initiative, nearly all Israelis, even those still waiting to be inoculated, are clearly happy to be coming back to life.

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda. Olivier Fitoussi/Flash 90