Moving to the secular state of israel (SSOI) - Not Kedai for most people

I hope that y ou realize by now that every utterance of aliyah pushers is a manipulation. So one of their tricks is the line that "the first year is hell." That suggests that you ignore all the evidence you are encountering about life in the SSOI and rather than leave you stay on. The suggestion is that magically - and magic is the key word - it will all get better and it will be worth it. This manipulative line takes other forms. "Don't even mention going back," is a line I heard from another yenta. I ask, "Why not?" You are not obligated to live in the land of Israel. If it is going to destroy your family, you should consider going back. Another line I heard, this time from a school principal, a very arrogant American, is "Only losers can't make it here." These are the kinds of people you encounter when you move to SSOI. They are not idealists. They are idiots. Here's a different approach to the subject. Your initial experiences are...

I would not have imagined that I'd share an article written by an Israeli general, but the man makes sense here and shows also what a crazy society this is. You were told that Israelis are practical and clever. Behold here what shallow, sheepish fools they are. And also, behold here how little they care about each individual soldier, despite what you were told all these years. ------------------- I will try here to address mainly the public that behaves like a dumb herd, its feet stuck deep in the swamp and its eyes incapable of seeing one meter ahead. It is living the moment, cheering and saluting blindly at local successes that unfortunately do not change the bitter direction in which we are headed in the near and distant future, and is giving the government and its leader the support to lead the citizens of Israel into a dead end, like so many sheep following the bellwether. This group of cursing loudmouths will be the first to raise the white flag when it realizes its situation...

After ten years in Israel, I conclude Israel is for Israelis. If you grew up here, if you have family here, if all your childhood memories are from here, if you speak fluent Hebrew, if you have an Israeli mentality (and we all know what that means), if you have just the right connections to help you earn a parnassah here, if you can deal with three years of servitude in the military, you can live in Israel. Perhaps if you are a crazed Zionist, have totally been taken in the Zionist story line, you are very aggressive, believe that the Israeli government is always right in whatever it does, and speak fluent Hebrew, then you also can come. But don't come here just because "you support Israel," whatever that means, or because you "always wanted to live here," in some vague way, or because you liked it here when you stayed in your American seminary for a year. Imagine a woman from Montanna, who likes musical theater. She saw Guys and Dolls at the local high school. ...

  Looking around my apartment, here are the items that still function: the tall bookshelves, the couch, the short bookshelf, the transformer, the white telephone, a smoke alarm, plastic draws, the china closet, a bag to carry stuff. What do they have in common? They were all purchased in the USA. Here's what is falling apart: the standing closets in every room, the black bookshelves, the kitchen cabinets, the black phones, both pairs of pants, the smoke alarm, plastic draws, a bag to carry stuff. What do they have in common? All purchased in the SSOI. All the modern conveniences? The evidence says otherwise.

Boarding the bus to Romema the driver shouts that it's a school bus. It isn't technically a school bus. It's a public bus, an Egged bus, with a number on it. The number was 99 or something like that. Evidently, the bus company was using it as a school bus. That's fine, but there was no indication as such on the outside of the bus. And the driver, rather than saying calmly, "Sorry sir, this bus is for kids only," he shouts as if you just committed a crime by boarding a public bus. This goes on in Israel all the time. It's how people 'communicate.' Indeed, a second bus came, this time it was empty and the bus stop was empty too. So when the door opened I asked, "Is this a school bus?" And the driver responded with shouting again. The anger here and the lack of respect for people, the absence of patience and sympathy for a fellow human is depressing. It makes for ugly encounters all day long.  And the kids grow up with this. It affects every...

  "וְהָעִנְיָן הַשְּׁלִישִׁי מָה שֶׁהוּא נִרְאֶה מֵחֻלְשַׁת תַּחְבּוּלוֹתָיו כְּשֶׁיֶּחְסַר כֹּחַ הַדִּבּוּר אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לוֹ הַבּוֹרֵא יִתְרוֹן עַל שְׁאָר הַחַיִּים שֶׁאֵינָם מְדַבְּרִים לִמְאֹרָע שֶׁאֵרַע בְּמוֹחוֹ כִּי בָּעֵת הַהִיא יִהְיֶה נַעֲוֶה וְנִתְעֶה מִשְּׁאָר בע״ח וְאֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיַּשְׁחִית עַצְמוֹ בִּשְׁחִיתוֹת וּבִתְמוּתוֹת וְנִמְצָא רֹב בע״ח שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם מִן הַהַכָּרָה בְּדַרְכֵי טוֹבָתָם וְהַתַּחְבּוּלָה בְּהַשָּׂגַת מְזוֹנוֹתָם מָה שֶׁמְּקַצְּרִים רַבִּים מִן הַמַּשְׂכִּילִים שֶׁבִּבְנֵי אָדָם מִכְּמוֹתָם כ״ש מִי שֶׁיִּפָּקֵד שִׂכְלוֹ מֵהֶם." [חובות הלבבות, שער שלישי - שער עבודת האלוהים, הקדמה] הציונות מייצרת סוג של פגיעה מוחית שהופכת את היהודים לחסרי שכל. “In respect to a human being's incompetence when, due to a brain injury, he loses the rational faculty which G-d bestowed upon him and which constitutes his superiority to the other creatures that are irrational. For at such times he is stupider and more senseless than other animals. He may inflict seri...

  I just ran into a friend in Meah Shearim. American guy. Very sweet fellow. Well, the Israel police tried to beat him to death. He was standing near a monthly march against the state. It's a peaceful march in the heart of Meah Shearim. They don't even block traffic. It's a few dozen guys in long coats. They walk down the street for around 15 minutes. He wasn't part of the protest. He was just outside as it passed. Two undercover police thugs grabbed him, threw him to the floor, and slammed a shielded knee into his side so hard that he couldn't sleep on his side for months. They handcuffed him as one said, take him to the room. They dragged him to a room that they seemed to know about and proceeded to try to beat him to death with kicks to the head. His head was covered in blood. The tallis that he was wearing wrapped around his mouth and he couldn't breathe. He told them so but they kept beating him. So this was not a case of a violent arrest that got out of ha...