Laura Ben-David/LBD Creative

07/12/2023

May this Chanukah be full of miracles 🙏🏻

18/10/2023

They were wounded in combat and terror attacks. Now, they’re aiding the latest victims of Hamas

Laura E. Adkins and I met with people all over, some with harrowing stories… sometimes those same people were making a real difference.

Photographing for this story in The Forward was a bright spot in in an emotionally challenging day

BeLev Echad offers wounded IDF soldiers in Israel and their families a refuge — and resources — after terror and war.

25/07/2023

What an honor! Thank you 🙏🏻

They’re building bridges, making an impact and shaping the future of Zionism. See who’s on our list.

01/02/2023

When I heard the horrific news of the synagogue attack in Neve Yaakov on Friday, my mind instantly flashed back to a similar massacre at another Jerusalem synagogue nine years ago…

After a shooter attacked congregants leaving an east Jerusalem synagogue in Neve Yaakov, I spent an agonizing Shabbat wondering if my family was okay.

11/01/2023

Brit milah... Love shooting a like this ❤️

08/01/2023

That moment that someone else’s photo shoot completely distracts you from the one you’re shooting…

23/11/2022

I’ve never experienced Sigd in any way aside from seeing it appear on my calendar. Sigd, one of the unique holidays of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) community, is celebrated each year on the 29th of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. Since 2008, it has been an official Israeli state holiday.

Now that we live just minutes from the Tayelet, the promenade overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem where thousands of Ethiopians gather every year to celebrate, nothing would have stopped me from literally strolling over and enjoying the sights and the experience…with my camera, of course.

I'll admit that I know next to nothing about the holiday, but it is beautiful and a part of the colorful tapestry that is Israel.