PHOTOS: Playing and Praying in the Jerusalem Snow
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Lior Zaltzman February 20, 2015
Jerusalem was once again blanketed in shiny snow on Friday.
From the Temple Mount to the Western Wall, neither Muslims nor Jews skipped their prayers. And children on both sides engaged in their favorite kind of fighting: snowball wars.
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What’s a little bit of snow? Prayers go on as usual at the Western Wall.
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Ultra orthodox boys shovel and play with the snow.
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You’re never too old for a snowball fight!
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