Kippot With Pictures of Rabbis, a Willow Branch for Every Voter: Election Day in the Ultra-Orthodox Street

Ultra-Orthodox voters outside a Jerusalem polling station on Tuesday, Israel’s Election Day. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi

Though Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods were sleepy on Election Day, there were crowds at the polling stations. A yeshiva student hitchhiked to vote for Shas at an accessible polling station; at another polling station, an activist for the Haredi Public party was yelled at

Image: Ultra-Orthodox voters outside a Jerusalem polling station on Tuesday, Israel’s Election Day. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi