Napa's local Jewish community celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Israel......
"Israel"
"Pioneer"
Beard trimming: "Theodor Herzl would not look like a cave man."
Backstage of "This is your life Israel."
A little Israeli folk dancing in the synagogue -
I'm not sure why I thought the peace walk was about Burmese Monks walking across the golden gate bridge...but i suppose it was an esoteric way of doing it in spirit, afterall, the walk was in support of the monks who are in hiding, incarcerated and abused by the govt in Burma. Ah some things are just not so literal like photographing Burmese Monks walking across the Bridge. Instead, hundreds of supporters and a monk did do the walk. as did a couple dozen photographers. while the purpose is significant, the hoards of photographers make it seem ridiculous. anyway, i was one of them. here's some from yesturday morning...
This one is my favorite - the cityscape in the background...
(pls remember that all pictures on this blog cannot be downloaded or published in any way, shape or form. pls contact me!)
[update 6/25/08 - at the request of the napa valley register photo editor i had to take down the pictures i photographed for my project. the project will eventually be published in july. hopefully they will be back up after publication and also on my web portfolio].
I am working on a project for my newspaper about how some of our Napa Valley families celebrate Christmas back in their hometowns in the state of Michoacan, Mx. The story is also about why they send money to help improve their villages that they've left for a future in the United States. Here are some pictures showing families from Napa celebrating fiestas....a preview to my story for the end of January sometime.
Tuesday evening I covered the annual Feast of Guadalupe play performed by a young adult ministry at St. John's Church. Then early Wed. morning, I woke at 4am to shoot Las Mananitas where hundreds of devoted people of the Virgin of Guadalupe sang songs.
Guadalupe appears to the Aztec Indian Juan Diego -
The "Spanish Bishop" ties his cloak before the play -
The performers get ready before the play -
The performers pray before going on stage -
Las Mananitas -
