For the first time ever, Mixed Martial Arts, the full-contact sport that consists of people beating the hell out of each other, just held their World Championship in Israel. To mark his win, MMA fighter Elazar Tariku celebrated in a most unusual way: he put on a kippah and tzitzit (the Jewish ritual fringes), and danced to a […]
It’s been about 15 years since Israeli Lior Yisraelov first tried on a dress at a Purim party during his last year at an Orthodox yeshiva high school. Since then, he has become Israel’s most famous drag queen, performing at bachelorette parties and making appearances on Israeli TV shows. Coming from a religious Zionist community […]