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...
government logic prevail secular separation state time
I want a secular government, I want separation of state and religion, I think logic will prevail and we will have a secular government for the first time in Israel's history.
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.