Last week we found ourselves in Jerusalem where the Hasids were protesting the sale of leavened bread during Passover. Hundreds of Israeli soliders waited up the street while many more disgruntled men in dark coats and fur hats gathered in the square. Old men with grey beards shouted vehemently in Yiddish about the desecration of their Jewish state by secular interests. As more men gathered, we were pushed to the sidelines. Besides women, photographers were the least welcome attendees. The barrage of foreign sights and sounds only increased the tension.

As Alex said, “In most countries they protest because there