Every time I hear Yariv Levin speak I get depressed and scared.  I understand that most people do not sign petitions because they’re afraid of the information being used against them, and I remember how my father was terrified that I read about communism when McCarthy was destroying the lives of many famous people because they had signed a document.  My brother bought the magazine, USSR, and when my father saw it, he warned him, “They watch the newstands!”  

I was worried about hanging up a sign from my balcony that there would be retribution, but today I woke up and decided to do it.  Stay hopeful, it says.  About as innocent a sign as could be, but I don’t see many signs around, and it’s not for want of support for the opposition.

Once I realized that we’re in it for the long haul, and we have to succeed, I let go. 

And for Shabbat Tshuva, I’m ready.