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There an extra consideration to add here perhaps: the US experienced a post Christmas and New Year spike. That would be less pronounced in Israel where the vast
by strulovich 6y ago
There an extra consideration to add here perhaps: the US experienced a post Christmas and New Year spike. That would be less pronounced in Israel where the vast majority does not celebrate Christmas and takes the New Year less seriously. (Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday of the similar time was earlier this year. And although some Arabs celebrate Christmas, many others are Muslim and do not)
- ars 6y agoAlso Hanukkah is not a major holiday in Judaism. It gets inflated importance in the US because of proximity to major Christian holidays. The major holidays in Judaism were 5 months ago, just when the lockdowns started.