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<blockquote data-quote="200Meters" data-source="post: 756237" data-attributes="member: 23727"><p>Yeah, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />.</p><p></p><p>I understand completely. The tourism industry here, which is such a big part of Israel's economy, is reeling. Last night, the Health Ministry announced a 100-person limit on public gatherings. Now event halls and hotels that have facilities for hosting weddings are reeling. Israeli weddings tend to be <span style="font-size: 26px"><em><strong>big</strong></em></span>. We are invited to a wedding next week. We are waiting to be disinvited; I imagine that only family will now be invited.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yup.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The stuff flew off the shelves here during our <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm" target="_blank"><u>Purim</u></a> holiday earlier this week.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The summer can be hellishly hot. Autumn is good, after our <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday0.htm#AllDates" target="_blank"><u>holidays</u></a>, which run this year from Sept. 18-October 10. Don't come during those. The whole country grinds to a halt and national parks will be mobbed, especially from October 3-10. After October 11 would be good, but not too much after because it will start raining. (It only rains in the winter here.)</p><p></p><p>As a rule, I scorn conspiracy theories of any kind. We had so many of them here, ferinstance, after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. About China & the Coronavirus conspiracy theories, try <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/3/4/21156607/how-did-the-coronavirus-get-started-china-wuhan-lab" target="_blank"><u>this</u></a> article. The question one must ask about any conspiracy theory is: Who is articulating it?</p><p></p><p>Our big news is...the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Youngest's appeal. (The presiding judge is obviously trying to clear her desk ahead of Bibi's trial, which is due to begin next week.) His actual prison time has been reduced from 12 months to 8, with the time he spent in remand (but not under house arrest either with Oldest or with us) being deducted. His post-release probation has been reduced to four months.</p><p></p><p>When will he be released? We don't know yet, soonish, maybe after Passover (April 8-15). What will be the conditions of his parole? We don't know that either.</p><p></p><p>How do I feel about this. I don't know that either. I mean, on one level, no parent wants to see his/her kid sporting an orange jumpsuit & leg irons but on another level, I am not sure that being incarcerated has any effect on him beyond simple cause-and-effect. To borrow a rather non-Jewish metaphor, I don't think he has had his Saul-on-the-road-to-Damascus moment. But on yet another level (there are lots of levels here), I really doubt that his continued incarceration would necessarily facilitate his having such a moment. The PD has made it clear to him that if he effs up again, he will have the book thrown at him. Does Youngest have a clue as to what he wants to do with his life, post-release? No. This is all new to him and us. We'll see. I will, of course, keep everyone posted.</p><p></p><p>We're off to see him at 07:45 tomorrow morning.</p><p></p><p>And, Israel is up to 100 confirmed Coronavirus cases. The Prison Service Jerusalem remand facility is closed & everyone there (guards & remandees) are under quarantine. Also, a guard at a remand facility where Youngest was held a while back is under quarantine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="200Meters, post: 756237, member: 23727"] Yeah, :(. I understand completely. The tourism industry here, which is such a big part of Israel's economy, is reeling. Last night, the Health Ministry announced a 100-person limit on public gatherings. Now event halls and hotels that have facilities for hosting weddings are reeling. Israeli weddings tend to be [SIZE=7][I][B]big[/B][/I][/SIZE]. We are invited to a wedding next week. We are waiting to be disinvited; I imagine that only family will now be invited. Yup. The stuff flew off the shelves here during our [URL='http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm'][U]Purim[/U][/URL] holiday earlier this week. The summer can be hellishly hot. Autumn is good, after our [URL='http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday0.htm#AllDates'][U]holidays[/U][/URL], which run this year from Sept. 18-October 10. Don't come during those. The whole country grinds to a halt and national parks will be mobbed, especially from October 3-10. After October 11 would be good, but not too much after because it will start raining. (It only rains in the winter here.) As a rule, I scorn conspiracy theories of any kind. We had so many of them here, ferinstance, after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. About China & the Coronavirus conspiracy theories, try [URL='https://www.vox.com/2020/3/4/21156607/how-did-the-coronavirus-get-started-china-wuhan-lab'][U]this[/U][/URL] article. The question one must ask about any conspiracy theory is: Who is articulating it? Our big news is...the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Youngest's appeal. (The presiding judge is obviously trying to clear her desk ahead of Bibi's trial, which is due to begin next week.) His actual prison time has been reduced from 12 months to 8, with the time he spent in remand (but not under house arrest either with Oldest or with us) being deducted. His post-release probation has been reduced to four months. When will he be released? We don't know yet, soonish, maybe after Passover (April 8-15). What will be the conditions of his parole? We don't know that either. How do I feel about this. I don't know that either. I mean, on one level, no parent wants to see his/her kid sporting an orange jumpsuit & leg irons but on another level, I am not sure that being incarcerated has any effect on him beyond simple cause-and-effect. To borrow a rather non-Jewish metaphor, I don't think he has had his Saul-on-the-road-to-Damascus moment. But on yet another level (there are lots of levels here), I really doubt that his continued incarceration would necessarily facilitate his having such a moment. The PD has made it clear to him that if he effs up again, he will have the book thrown at him. Does Youngest have a clue as to what he wants to do with his life, post-release? No. This is all new to him and us. We'll see. I will, of course, keep everyone posted. We're off to see him at 07:45 tomorrow morning. And, Israel is up to 100 confirmed Coronavirus cases. The Prison Service Jerusalem remand facility is closed & everyone there (guards & remandees) are under quarantine. Also, a guard at a remand facility where Youngest was held a while back is under quarantine. [/QUOTE]
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