May the people of Israel become more considerate of one another

My granddaughter has been blessed with a best friend whom she has loved since kindergarten.  This friend will, God willing, be married this coming Sunday, b’sha’ah tova.

My granddaughter arranged her schedule and her finances and found a flight to Israel through Munich she could afford that would permit her to spend the Shabbat Kallah with her beloved friend, attend the wedding, spend the next day with family, including my wife, who misses her terribly, and visit the grave of her other grandmother, a”h.

She was in midflight on the last leg of her journey when the airport union of the Israel Airport Authority, in an unauthorized and unlawful strike, shut down the airport.  The plane returned to Germany.  There was no way for her to complete the trip and this morning she will fly back to the United States.

For some sins, there is no atonement.

Some of those airport workers will attend selichot services, seeking forgiveness for their transgressions.  Even more will beat their chests and confess on Yom Kippur.  And many will attend no service.  Presumably, they will all go on with their lives, complacent in the knowledge that they have forcefully made their point to their employers and demonstrated how critical is their work,........

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