Q. Should one join a pro-Israel demonstration during these terrible times facing a pro- Arab one, even when separated and protected by police?

A. Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 117: 5), Rambam (H. Rotzeach Veshmiras Nefesh 12: 2) and others rule that one should avoid being in a place of danger.

Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it all depends on the degree of danger present, since after all we do drive cars and travel by plane, unless of course the speed or other conditions make it indeed unsafe.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a