> JV: Although the State of �Israel� claims to be a �Jewish State�, it is anything but. It is an atheistic state, just as much as the Soviet Union was; and it always was so.
JV, this is what I was talking about. With attitude like that, reflecting many others, I am sure, you cannot both rejeect the state as treif, and demand services from them as tzaddikim. Need to be consistent.