Your comment doesn't exactly answer the question, but I was obviously mistaken to have assumed that the tenets of Judaism are the same regardless of where they're practiced.

..I think she is stunning(not that looks are a way to judge an article), and enjoyed the article, your obviously a jealous, nasty person.

seems it's not a matter of recognizing god's omnipresence, but rather whether to drop the public pretensions of piety or not.

Badly written article- with no real point

she is just doing her job , but clearly she is rather ignorant having been brought up in a small box...(ie. a religious household with a rules mindset....). the Jewish religion is a beautiful thing in terms of its philosophies but obviously people like Tali are very unaware of anything other than the lives they know, which is primitive and not in tune with thw real world of 2009. tel aviv is very spiritual in a very modern and healthy way on yom Kippur and probably won't ever change. look at your world from the outside Tali and you will see you are living in a false reality which you have been brainwashed into thinking is in line with 2009....sorry dear, you are living in the dark ages...i am a proud Jew, a practising Jew but i also practice moving i nthe times, not living and dressing like we're in the dark ages......each to their own, but Tali doesn't have a rounded view of the world and therefore should be writing for onlyreligiouspeople.com not for a generally considered wide-angled website.... she has done her best for someone who doesn't understand western and modern society......G-d bless her.... i am from London and when i read things like this, i am shocked that people still think this way....even my Grandfather thought in more modern and wide terms!

We are talking about one day, the Holiest day in the Jewish calendar that many secular Jews join together with religious Jews to observe this Public Fast day. This year I heard more than ever secular Jews boasting how they fasted and as always my own shul was packed to the seems at the commencement of the fast Kol Nidra and the ending with Nelia with the final blowing of the shofar. It was awesome to see women sitting outside our shul in there sleeveless tops waiting to hear the news that the fast was over. Tali I hope you get to eat your own words.

people must want to keep it, can't force them into doing it or blackmail them.

Without going into the "what is better" routine, the issue is moot in Israel where there is at least one synogogue every few blocks in cities and at least one in every villiage, Kibbutz, Moshav etc. The issue of not being able to get to a Shul except by car doesn't exist so Israelis can't relate to it. Practically, your friend could aproach her Shul's Rabbi and ask for a solution where she caould spend the 25 hours at the home of someone who lives within a short walking distance of the building.

Tali, I'm disappointed in you.. All Jews are holy, all Jews have a holy soul and every holy soul wants to do mitzvot, only the physicality overwhelms them and the soul isn't able to express itself. Instead of writing a whole article predicting negativity, it would be much nicer and more beneficial to write about the benefits of Torah and how the observance of mitzvot can uplift a person and give them happier more meaningful lives. Have a good year.

What a sutpid anti-semitic jerk you are! Gentile women also complain about things! What does complaining have to do with Jewish women? You are nithing but a bigot and Jew-hater!

you must be the best freind of Yair Lapid

After reading the 39 talkbacks it is obvious that Tali has hit some raw nerves. But what justifies the personal and vicious attacks ad hominem? Ignorant and boorish people have a right to express their opinions, but a newspaper is under no obligation to print offensive remarks that are without substance. Shame on you!

No one is forcing Tel-Avivians not to drive on Yom Kippur. The striking absence of pollution, relative quiet and families walking and riding bicycles on the street is beautiful. One doesn't have to be strictly observant to enjoy it. And as to the comparison to Bnei Brak - none whatsoever. We are not observant even though we spent part of the day in the synagogue, but we did not feel any anger on anyone's part - just a little Yiddishkeit.

According to Tali, the secular are a minority??? She really needs to get out more. That just proves how out of touch she is with her own country.

After reading your article i conclude that you're also dumb. Why do you insist in creating dissension among your own people? There you go reinforcing the stereotype.

As a religious woman, I would love to see all of Israel keeping Yom Kippur as a holy day. However, one cannot expect those who are secular to feel the same way. It's very much the way I feel when I am in the U.S. during Christmas--I would like to be able to go shopping on December 25th and also not to have my child bombarded with "So what did Santa bring you?" Even if my family goes to the movies on that day (often the only activity available), it is assumed that we have finished opening up our presents! We shouldn't impose, we should inspire.