Live Nativity Scene - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Models for Christ stage a Live Nativity Scene at Palisades Park on Friday, December 7, 2012.

Christian Street Preacher Isidro Mendoza proselytizes at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, Aug 19, 2012.

National Day of Prayer 2012 - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Worshipers pray at Santa Monica City Hall's lawn during the 22nd annual observance of the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 3, 2012. The National Day of Prayer  is an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress, when people are asked "to turn to God in prayer and meditation". Each year, the president signs a proclamation, encouraging all Americans to pray on this day. The modern law formalizing its annual observance was enacted in 1952, although it has historical origins to a mandate by George Washington, the first president of the United States

Rabbi Eli Levitansky from Chabad in Simcha Monica, leads a Menorah Parade down the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.

Rabbi Eli Levitansky,  from the Chabad House, lights the giant Menorah at the Third Street Promenade on the first night of Chanukah on Tuesday, December 20, 2011.

Santa Monica Christmas Nativity Scene - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

The 58^th annual Santa Monica Christmas Nativity Scene. (Abridged Version)  Due to a lottery imposed by the City of Santa Monica, only three nativity scene of the customary 14 nativity scenes remain on displayed at Palisades Park this year. Most of the remaining spaces have been claimed by out of town atheist groups.

The annual Santa Monica Nativity Scene was an annual display of the Christmas story which has been staged at Palisades Park since 1953. The interdenominational display used to stretch along Ocean Avenue from Arizona Avenue to Santa Monica Boulevard and included 14 scenes with life-size figures depicting events surrounding Christ’s birth staged by 13 local churches and the Santa Monica Police Officers Association.

Outreach Director of Chabad House in Simcha Monica, Yisroel Y. Levitansky, pushes his mobile Menorah and Mitzvah on the spot cart through the Santa Monica Farmers Market on Sunday, December 4, 2011.  The first night of Chanukah is on the 20^th of December.