I hate to defend Israel’s work week here, because it sucks to an unimaginable extent, but while you’re free not to observe Jewish holidays in Israel, unless you

I hate to defend Israel’s work week here, because it sucks to an unimaginable extent, but while you’re free not to observe Jewish holidays in Israel, unless you’re lucky to live in one of a handful of places you’ll struggle heavily to get anything done on Fri or Sat. If you try, you’ll find nothing works during most of that time including public transport—except for Friday morning when you’re going to have to scramble to get stuff done so you don’t run out of food before Sunday morning. On Yom Kippur, even driving around in your own car is going to get you fined. And, of course, nearly nothing managed by the governments works on the weekend or holidays, except for the military. (I wouldn’t put it past the intelligence services to keep working during official holidays as a form of obfuscation, mind you. I just wanted to point out that it isn’t as straightforward a deal as Christians—or atheists for that matter—existing: Israel sure makes daily life hard for them.)