How long until people rebel against this unreasonable behavior and either stop taking part in services or try a different stream of Judaism?

",,,no more huge, ear-splitting weddings, crowded bars, and shoulder-to-elbow restaurants...that's not a bad thing."

So is the prime minister's threat of a new lockdown warranted? No, and that's not even the direction the government itself is taking.

This is the place to emphasize that we need to learn how to live with Corona.

"How is this not the top issue in today's election?"

Certainly he deserved to die. But there is a saying in Hebrew: "Better wise than right."

"This isn't an endorsement of rancom worshippers packing heat and opening fire on a crowded church of synagogue."

"After such efforts...anything less than 100.000 (demonstrators) would have been a failure."

"Yet Israelis keep voting on security, the the real issues are domestic, including relations with Diaspora Jews."

"In other words, both the apoplectic left and the ecstatic right have it wrong."

"...one day we will look back on the old days when Arab parties were automatically excluded from government and wonder why."

"The classic division of left and right over security issues has outlived its usefulness."

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