we are reading the biography of Haim Pesner, and especially his experiences just before the holocaust, and it is amazing how united the people were – even those of completely antithetical opinions about Israel.  And it reminds me that the thing I’ve been longing for is the idea of working together.  Talking together, making decisions together, operating together, helping each other.  It is evident in individual groups here, but I need it to be universal.  I don’t want to hear bickering, nasty arguments on social media, and/or the constant discussion on television.    We need to support each other as much as possible.  

And one of my theories is that the national arguments affect individual relations.  parental, marital, neighborgood, etc. etc. etc.