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In Israel, even a bus ride can become an existential experience. There are many Jews with a more conservative approach to modesty within Jewish tradition, who are very uncomfortable sitting next to someone of the opposite sex. I recall once on a long, crowded bus ride from Haifa to Jerusalem, watching a fellow in a long black coat and black hat struggling with this issue.
He was sitting towards the rear of the bus, in a window seat, when the fellow sitting next to him suddenly jumped up, apparently about to miss his stop, and jumped off the bus. A woman standing in the aisle immediately seized the opportunity to grab the seat, and this religiously garbed fellow now found himself trapped next to the window with this woman in between him and the aisle. While one can never assume knowledge of what a person is thinking, I had the distinct impression that both she, and a number of people around them in the aisle were quite enjoying the situation.
Not wanting to give up his seat, and yet uncomfortable with the fact that this woman had chosen to sit down next to him, the fellow had a clever idea and opened the window wide open. It was a cold winter day and the wind gusting in was clearly upsetting the woman who immediately glared at the fellow , and in a loud voice said: