The Knesset Has Resumed Its Business, but Both Sides Have Broken Unwritten Rules
Was Yuli Edelstein justified in keeping the Knesset closed?
March 27, 2020
There have already been telling signs.
When the Black Death swept through Europe in the mid-14th century, Jews suffered not only from the disease itself but also from violent outbursts of anti-Semitism at the hands of Christian neighbors, who accused them of spreading it by, among other means, poisoning the wells. Ira Stoll points to signs that the coronavirus is having a similar effect:
Was Yuli Edelstein justified in keeping the Knesset closed?
The suffering caused by the coronavirus is the fault of the regime.
There have already been telling signs.
A way to refute Christian claims that God had abandoned the Jews.
As society loses its moral grounding, cooperation becomes impossible, while the state is forced to tend to the consequences of moral collapse.
When the Black Death swept through Europe in the mid-14th century, Jews suffered not only from the disease itself but also from violent outbursts of anti-Semitism at the hands of Christian neighbors, who accused them of spreading it by, among other means, poisoning the wells. Ira Stoll points to signs that the coronavirus is having a similar effect:
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