Photos made during a trip to Israel with a group of journalists in fall of 2016.
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Photos made during a trip to Israel with a group of journalists in fall of 2016.
Photos are copyrighted and may not be used without permission.
Women pray at Jerusalem's Western Wall.
A woman prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Near her hands are the prayers of others, written on scraps of paper and wedged into the cracks of the walls. Impossible to not think of how many thousands of hands have touched this same spot in supplication.
Women and girls line up along the Western Wall in Jerusalem to pray.
So many people with so many prayers at Jerusalem's Western Wall.
The old city of Jaffa by night.
Believers light candles in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Old Jerusalem.
Floating in the Dead Sea.
Exploring Old Jerusalem, via narrow streets and tunnels.
Women pray at the tomb of King David in Old Jerusalem.
A baptism in the River Jordan, Israel.
Believers lined up and waiting for baptism in the River Jordan as a woman sings hymns saved on her smart phone to accompany the religious rite.
A leaf floats at the gated entrance to the River Jordan where believers come to be baptized in the manner of Jesus Christ.
A sunny afternoon at the beach in Tel Aviv.