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Israel, its best and worst

I'm hoplessly besotted with Israel, my chosen country. It's true. I love it for the vulgarity of the Marijuana Rights Party invoking the Holocaust, of all things, to repeal pot laws:

And I love it for the transcendence of this Oren Lavie song/video, which captures Israel's bare, baring, blaring light:

Hat tips: Andrew Sullivan and Jeffrey Goldberg.

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