1. The two communities live peacefully alongside each other. 2. The whole community has been living in fear for far too long, menaced equally by both sets of paramilitaries. 3. But the two communities live in virtual separation. 4. Communities live in time as well as space. 5. Different communities live on different sides of the bridge, and the bridge puts them in touch. 6. Even advocates for community living acknowledge that group homes, if not monitored closely, can become mini-institutions. 7. For reasons of habit and cultural integrity, the yeshiva community lives apart, attends school apart and worships apart. 8. In fact, the city has a history of hostility between a dictatorial police force and a black community that still lives very separate lives from the white world. 9. One hallmark of Israel has always been that secular and religious communities could live and work together toward the goal of building a Jewish state. |