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2020-09-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Tel Aviv bars ‘convert’ into synagogues in lockdown protest

[IsraelTimes] The owners of a number of Tel Aviv bars have declared their businesses to be synagogues, in protest of government lockdown plans that will prevent all bars and restaurants from operating during the closure, while allowing dozens to take part in prayers at synagogues throughout the country during the High Holidays.

Channel 12 news reports on two Tel Aviv establishments, Kiton and Shishko, that have put up placards declaring them to be places of worship. The report notes that the two bars are currently treating the act as one of protest and satire and are not planning to rebel against government restrictions at this time — though they also aren’t entirely ruling it out.

Elad Dor, owner of Shishko, tells the network: "Does it sound reasonable to you that you can bring 100 people into a synagogue, and I, who have a restaurant for 300 people can’t let even 30 people in? Does that really make sense to you?

"And does it sound reasonable that supermarkets won’t have gatherings? And convenience shops can open, and yesterday they said [Jerusalem’s] Mahane Yehuda Market can open? Give me a break."

Posted by trailing wife 2020-09-18 01:25|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 I'm reminded of Benjamin Franklin's "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-09-18 08:59|| 2020-09-18 08:59|| Front Page Top

#2 The rules seem designed not to try and prevent outbreaks of disease but outbreaks of wealth creation.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-09-18 09:22|| 2020-09-18 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Today's Specials:
Mogen David
Maneshevitz

Posted by ed in texas 2020-09-18 11:46|| 2020-09-18 11:46|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't recall many bars in Tel Aviv some 20 years ago but a funny story nonetheless. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-09-18 11:59|| 2020-09-18 11:59|| Front Page Top

#5 ^Along the beachfront, JQC.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-18 12:45|| 2020-09-18 12:45|| Front Page Top

#6 I bet more prayers are answered in bars at closing time than in churches.

Posted by jpal 2020-09-18 18:16|| 2020-09-18 18:16|| Front Page Top

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