We were supposed to go to the theater tomorrow evening, but since there is going to be a big demonstration tomorrow against the domination of the high courts by the government in Tel Aviv, we changed the date to late this morning.   And it was an amazing experience.  Amos Tamam surprised me as a profound Oedipus and Keren Mor played a very flirtatious Jocasta.  The play was well worth seeing, and the music (by my old partner Roy Yarkoni) was powerful.  I even spotted tears on my guest’s cheeks.  

But what about the demonstration tomorrow?  Ezi objects to endangering us in crowds of people but is for the cause of separation of the legal system from the government.  Some of my kids are very much involved in objecting to any aspect of the government taking over more and more of citizen’s rights, some of my kids don’t really know what’s going on, and some say that the government was determined by a majority and what they do is now their business.  Democracy demands, they claim, that we voice our opinion within the law.  So even though I’m going to go, I’m a divided family.  

Oedipus, Shmedipus – as they say – as long as you love your mother.