Elie Wiesel, flanked by security personnel, leaves a news conference announcing his receipt of the Koret Prize, May 9 in San Francisco, three months after being assaulted there by a Holocaust denier. The Koret Foundation awards the prize for extraordinary contributions to Jewish life and culture.

Jewish women light candles at the ancient Ghriba Synagogue during an annual pilgrimage on the Tunisian island of Djerba, on May 6. Every year thousands of Jewish pilgrims visit Djerba on Lag B'Omer to ask for the intercession of a legendary woman named La Ghriba, who lived on the island centuries ago.

Students march in the Salute to Israel Parade in New York City on May 6. Organizers estimated that some 100,000 people marched in the annual parade celebrating the anniversary of Israel's founding in 1948.

A group of 13 active duty Israeli soldiers make their way down Fifth Avenue in the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City on a Jewish Agency for Israel float on May 6. Many of the soldiers are recipients of the President's Award, the highest annual IDF award for excellence, some fought in Lebanon during the war last year and several are lone soldiers from the USA.

Israelis light a bonfire as part of Lag B�Omer festivities, in Herzliya, May 5, 2007. Thousands of Jews light large bonfires throughout the night in all parts of the country, to commemorate an ancient sage and the lifting of the end of a legendary plague 2,000 years ago.