SECOND TAKE
JERUSALEM POST: Let’s enjoy normality while it lasts
There are coronavirus variations to be worried about, but we are not there yet
Jews in general, and Israelis in particular, are so accustomed to bad news, depressing news and worrying news that when there is finally good news to report they don’t know how to deal with it. Products of an often tortuous Jewish history and living in a tough neighbourhood, Israelis have been conditioned to look for dark clouds even in the sunniest of skies. We hear good news and suspect someone is trying to pull the wool over our eyes.
But sometimes we can afford to revel in the moment. Now is a time to tone down the fretting, at least when it comes to the coronavirus. Israel passed two important milestones in the battle against Covid-19 at the weekend. More than a year after the public was directed to wear masks outdoors, that regulation was rescinded. On the same day the vast majority of the country’s children returned to school, a glorious day for children and parents alike...
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