Israeli girl stabbed to death by Palestinian inside bedroom

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37. No - I'm not making that assumption

but those in Mea Sharim are Ultra-Orthodox fanatics. I'm not sure I shared this story at DU but I learned a very valuable lesson about not assuming all the very religious were intolerant assholes. My brother in law grew up with a guy right in Westchester County NY - from kindergarden to high school when they went their separate way to attend college and law school. The friend met his wife in Seattle, they decided to become very religious and moved to Tzfat 30 years ago. We visited them on our trip last year and we were kinda nervous about it - until we met them. They were lovely - they have 9 children and 6 grandchildren (both in their late 50s) - The wife has always worked out of the home - first she raised goats and sold the milk and cheese and now makes jewelry. They gave their children the option of serving in the military - only 1 did. But we were there for hours discussing both Israel and US politics and since my BIL's friend went to law school in the US, knows that religion is not supposed to sway any laws - only the constitution (which Israel doesn't have). They couldn't have been more welcoming to us and my BIL and his friend were like two kids in camp reminiscing. I learned a lot that night.

Like you, I don't believe all the settlers are very religious but the ones who scream the loudest certainly are (as they often are right here in the US).