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  • London, UK. Wednesday 1st August 2012. The Men's Individual Time Trial cycling event passes through Twickenham on route to find the fastest male cyclist. 11 tear old Ciara wearing Bradley Wiggins sideburns in support.
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  • London, UK. Wednesday 1st August 2012. The Men's Individual Time Trial cycling event passes through Twickenham on route to find the fastest male cyclist. 11 tear old Ciara wearing Bradley Wiggins sideburns in support.
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  • On the 3rd birthday of an Orthodox Jewish boy he has his first ever hair cut in a ceremony called an Upsherin leaving his peyos (sideburns) to grow. Passing a mirror in his hallway this is the first moment he ever sees himself with short hair and a kippah on his head. A kippah is said to be ‘A blessing on the head’ and is perhaps the most instantly identifiable mark of a Jew. He will now begin to learn the Torah.
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  • President Carlos Menem on a breed of horse that was once riden by President Gral. Juan Perón, La Rioja state, Argentina
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  • A member of the Neturei Karta demonstrates how he was punched to a community police officer as they were stopped trying to burn the Israeli flag in Stamford Hill, London during the festival of Purim. The Neturiei Karta oppose Zionism and believe that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Messiah.
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  • A group of Orthodox Jewish boys in fancy dress collecting for charity visit a wealthy man of the area; some houses are so popular they have a bouncer on the front door. Purim is one of the most entertaining Jewish holidays.  It commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination from a massacre by Haman. Due to the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther. It is customary to hold carnival-like celebrations on Purim, and for groups of men to go round on the back of lorries and in open top buses visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their charity.
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  • During the Jewish festival of Purim a group of Orthodox Jewish boys from the Viznitz Yeshiva (school) in fancy dress visit local businessmen to collect money for their school. Some of the businessman that they visit read a prayer to the group. The young boys drink alcohol at every house they visit during the day.
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  • Young men tour the streets wearing fancy dress in an open top bus, drinking and dancing while going round visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their school charity during Purim. Purim is one of the most entertaining Jewish holidays.  It commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination from a massacre by Haman. Due to the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther. It is customary to hold carnival-like celebrations on Purim. Normally one of the group dresses up as Haman (right, covering his face).
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  • A young Orthodox Jewish boy surrounded by hundreds of Orthodox Jewish men wearing black coats and hats. The men are gathered to see their spiritual leader who has arrived from Antwerp.
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  • Orthodox Jewish school boys from the Bobov school watching the Lag B’Omer bonfire in the school playground. Lag B’Omer is the holiday celebrating the thirty-third day of the (counting of the) Omer. Jews celebrate it as the day when the plague that killed 24,000 people ended in the holy land (according to the Babylonian Talmud). Other sources say the plague was actually the Roman occupation and the 24,000 people died in the second Jewish – Roman war  (Bar Kokhba revolt of the first century).  Bonfires (used as signals in wartime) are symbolically lit to commemorate the holiday of Lag’B’Omer.
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  • Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam (behind the microphone). Rebbe and current spiritual leader of the Klausenberger dynasty speaking to his followers at the Viznitz Synagogue (their own is too small) in Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Orthodox Jewish teenage boys playing in the street with a replica hand gun. As one pretends to shoot his friend in the chest the other acts as if he has been shot.
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  • Orthodox Jewish men dance to music in a driveway of a wealthy man of the area whilst waiting to gain access to the household. It is stated that the men should drink so much alcohol that they don’t know the difference between right and wrong.  Purim is one of the most entertaining Jewish holidays.  It commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination from a massacre by Haman. Due to the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther. It is customary to hold carnival-like celebrations on Purim, and for groups of men to go round on the back of lorries and in open top buses visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their charity. It is stated that the men should drink so much alcohol that they don’t know the difference between right and wrong.
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  • Young Orthodox Jewish boys in fancy dress collecting for their school (Yeshiva) wait in anticipation of the amount they will receive during a visit to the house of Mr Glick, a well off man of the area. Purim is one of the most entertaining Jewish holidays.  It commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination from a massacre by Haman. Due to the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther. It is customary to hold carnival-like celebrations on Purim, and for groups of men to go round on the back of lorries and in open top buses visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their charity. It is stated that the men should drink so much alcohol that they don’t know the difference between right and wrong.
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  • An Orthodox Jewish boy climbing on a fence in front of a block of flats with open windows in Reizel close an Agudas Israel Housing Association development for low-income Orthodox Jewish families in Stamford Hill, London.
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  • In a Stamford Hill Skwer synagogue Jewish men watch the Skwer Rebbe visiting from New York carry the new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) into the Shul. Hundreds of men and women gathered to see the event take place.
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  • Purim is one of the most entertaining Jewish holidays.  It commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination from a massacre by Haman. Due to the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther. It is customary to hold carnival-like celebrations on Purim, and for groups of men to go round on the back of lorries and in open top buses visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their charity. It is stated that the men should drink so much alcohol that they don’t know the difference between right and wrong.
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