Which country’s parliamentary proceedings are most likely to give rise to a subtitle that reads [general chaos]?

If you guessed Italy, not bad. But in this case, it’s Israel.

Yair Lapid, the new finance minister, gave his maiden speech in the Knesset this week. (The speaker referred to it as his “virgin speech,” which led Lapid to quip that it had been some time before his name and “virgin” had been mentioned in a single sentence.)

But the real meat of the speech — a subtitled highlight reel of which was helpfully compiled by Tablet’s Yair Rosenberg — was his spirited exchange with some haredi lawmakers. The crosstalk and shouting gets so intense at one point, translation becomes futile. Not too many right honorable gentlemen in this room.

Ben Harris is JTA’s news editor. In his seven years with JTA, he has reported from more than 15 countries. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, New York magazine, among other publications.