The raging topic in Jerusalem today is a vicious email circulating to blacklist restaurents who hire non-Jews because it would render the food non-kosher. The argument goes as far as deciding if it is kosher if a Jew lighted the fire and a non-Jew places uncooked food on it (to cook of course). Read http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710408515&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
I hope you guys appreciate how easily you get food in your restaurents; and how complicated it can become here in Jerusalem.
The other news is the sale of illegal antiquities. See http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710408521&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Unfortunately national treasures are constantly pillaged. To adapt the WWF quote: When the buying stops, the pillaging can too.