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                                                                                        Masked Anti-Israel protestors occupy Columbia University building in April (from the Forward) Remember several years ago when you were scolded and shunned if you didn't wear a mask in public? Now, you could be fined as much as $1,000 and jailed if you do.  The 12-member Republican majority on the Nassau legislature has submitted a bill banning the wearing of masks or other face coverings in public except for medical, religious or "celebratory" purposes (presumably referring to Halloween.) The Nassau Republicans are following the example of several Albany Democrats, civil rights groups and Jewish organizations who have proposed mask bans after dozens of mostly in Pro-Palestine, anti-Israel rallies erupted across the state after the Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 Jewish civilians by Hamas terrorists. Most of the protestors hid their identities by wearing masks or keffiyehs, which are tradition