Tommy Lapid
Tommy Lapid
Yosef"Tommy" Lapid; 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was an Israeli radio and television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit. Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party from 1999 to 2006. He fiercely opposed the ultra-Orthodox political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State...
existence liberal men others pay possible subsidize western
They don't work, 80% of the men don't work, they don't pay taxes, ... Others have to subsidize their existence. I don't think this is possible in a liberal western country.
until
until the disengagement ends. It is about to end soon.
religious book together
The bible is not a religious experience for me. This book bundles together the entire culture of Judaism: our language, our history, our geography. God is merely a byproduct of the bible.
religious morning night
It is very difficult to be a non-religious Jew outside Israel. The synagogue keeps Jews together in the Diaspora. In Israel, you are a Jew from morning to night. We don't even have to think about it, just as a Dutch citizen doesn't spend his whole day thinking about the fact that he is a Dutch citizen. It's a given.
seems
It's true that history seems denser than it really is.