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This November marks one year since the establishment of the government, which led to one of the most difficult and worst years in the history of the country. It seems that the poison surrounding the legal revolution permeates every good plot, this time on Yom Kippur.
On the eve of the holiday, a gender-segregated prayer was held in Tel Aviv, contrary to the High Court ruling. Worshippers and demonstrators began arguing and bickering over pictures that caused Walla! Celebs cringe. The local stars did not remain indifferent to the sights and addressed the storm on social media.
Maya Wertheimerwrote: "If you want to hold the prayer separately, you can go to one of the 512 synagogues. But this whole story of sticking a finger in the eye, blatantly segregating in a public area even though they explicitly ruled against it - why? Or Ben-Gvir's reaction right now, it's unnecessary."
In another story, Wertheimer wrote: "Every year I go to this prayer in Dizengoff Square. It's an amazing prayer designed to bring hearts together. This is our city, it is liberal and enabling. That's how it's always been and we won't let it be otherwise."
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In her film, Wertheimer pointed the finger at the Jewish Head organization, which was responsible for the prayers: "This is a pretty extreme organization that comes out against the LGBT community and against women who serve in the army. It's not for nothing that a lot of people decided that they weren't letting this organization specifically run the prayer."
Corinne Gideonwrote: "After these sad events, I am mostly at a loss. How can we raise children here who respect both religion and democracy?" We smell a movie.
Big Brotherveteran Eliav Ta'atialso did not remain indifferent: "If the generation of the Jewish people of 75 years ago looked at us, it would be ashamed. During the Holocaust, Jews only wanted a hiding place to pray on Yom Kippur. Today we are in the Land of Israel, the state of the Jews, and the Jewish people are beating in the streets for the Yom Kippur prayer."
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Adele Bespalovsummed up the events in predictable terms, writing, "Yuck, yuck, yuck, where did we go? Disgusting." Ortal Amar, who was her bestie, also commented, writing: "I am very sad about what happened at Dizengoff Square. I try to think, to understand, who bothers mass prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur?
I wasn't there, but if I were, there's no way I would have been bothered to see a mass prayer in the heart of Tel Aviv, even if there wasn't Kippur. This is a moment from a sad and painful civil war. There are secular and religious people here, what's new? We've been living together side by side for years, there's no reason why we shouldn't continue."
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