The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual. Yair Lapid More Quotes by Yair Lapid More Quotes From Yair Lapid In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness. Yair Lapid only crime weakness politics I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis. Yair Lapid about you be-careful stage My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and a state. I am a great believer in the need for Israel to be a Jewish state. I certainly believe my children will pass that on to their children. Yair Lapid i-am memory education children If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then. Yair Lapid you change want country Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion. Yair Lapid politicians opinion different world Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they're Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message. Yair Lapid nobody new society hurt I'm not particularly fond of Shoah jokes, yet there is one I cannot forget: Why was Auschwitz an optimistic place? Because all the pessimists were already in New York by then. Yair Lapid new place jokes forget Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy. Yair Lapid apartheid women democracy society Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism? Yair Lapid terrorism real time remember Does the global Left - as well as the Israeli Left - truly not care about the horrific Taliban regime, the terrible oppression of women in Gulf states, and the mass hanging festivals in Iran? Yair Lapid oppression festivals women care Yeshivas barely teach any Bible, only Talmud. Yair Lapid any only teach bible I studied math, and I was terrible at it. Yair Lapid studied terrible math Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them. Yair Lapid no-problem israel problem students You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. Yair Lapid your you problem education I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I want to change it. Yair Lapid place think politics change As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers. Yair Lapid politicians cannot questions answers I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives. Yair Lapid parents me work children For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone. Yair Lapid holidays everyone back play
