Andrew Kadish @akadish

While Jewish festivals in Israel always look different from those in the diaspora, Israelis’ celebration of Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is quite a sight to behold. While its Shabbat-like restrictions are far from universally observed, even secular Israelis refrain from driving on Yom Kippur, creating a phenomenon of car-free roads throughout the country. The result? Non-observant Israelis fill the country’s highways and streets with bikes and scooters, leading some to call Yom Kippur Chag Ha’Ofanayim, Hebrew for the “Bicycle Holiday.” Over the years, the social phenomenon has led to some interesting incidents, some of which were recently highlighted by @haaretzcom’s @elongilad. Local newspapers from the 1930s, he wrote, “mention Tel-Avivians turning back Arab carriages entering from Jaffa, and a Christian who drove into central Tel Aviv on the eve of Yom Kippur being menacingly surrounded until he proved he wasn't Jewish and left.” And here’s another one from a decade later: “Mass motorization changed everything. As private cars multiplied in the 1940s, the fragile consensus cracked. Already in 1946, worshipers near a Tel Aviv synagogue stretched barbed wire across Dizengoff Street, leading to a standoff with British soldiers.” The British Mandate, of course, is long gone — but the unique celebration of Judaism’s holiest day is not. In most places, kids relish the idea of playing in the streets. In Israel, once a year, the streets really are theirs. 📷: sarel_tours/Instagram

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9 months ago

@BurgundyBlog BOOM!!

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9 months ago

@BurgundyBlog Pack his bags right now. Don’t let go back into the locker room.

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10 months ago

@BurgundyBlog Immediately setting the tone—love it.

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10 months ago

@BurgundyBlog We don’t have to face that freak of nature twice a year. Thank you, Jerry!!!

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11 months ago

@BurgundyBlog Scary Terry, a 2nd and a 3rd?

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a year ago

@SportsRadioWIP @WIPMorningShow @JoeDeCamara @RitchieJon This makes way too much sense. Instead, let’s have a .200 hitter who only wants to hit home home runs as your leadoff.

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a year ago

@PHLAirport @AmericanAir entire flight waiting an hour for our bags with no updates aa flight 2965 from Vegas

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a year ago

@Snide_Remarks This makes me deliriously happy

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a year ago

@BurgundyBlog Eagles are beatable. Double Jalen Carter every snap on O. Saquon will get his yards and break one off but if you can keep him in check, Hurts has been pedestrian at best this season. It is our time.