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

You were told that Israel is full of charity organizations. Here is the new building of one of them: Impressive? Well, don't be deceived by appearances. This is the new building of a Modern Orthodox organization that perpetually fund raises, which would be fine if they actually gave out some aid. What they do is help you with your resume. I sent to them a family that was living in a storage locker, literally. Not even a $100 loan was offered.  But a can of olives was available from the food shelf. Now you know how they have the money to build fancy offices.  Don't assume that you will be bailed out here either by the government or tzedukah groups. One of the Haredi tzedukah organizations is more generous. They'll give a few hundred shekels a month for a while and a box of food on Pesach. And not surprisingly, they don't have fancy offices. But this won't pay your rent. You need a job for that, but don't assume that you'll land a job either even with resume h...

So you sold your car to move to Israel and now you will take the bus and imagine yourself to be a humble oleh from the 1950s. Here's what it's like, a typical day. It's almost June, which means heat, which means sweating while waiting 20 minutes for the bus at a main stop but one, like many, which doesn't even have a bus arrival board that works, for it doesn't have one at all, doesn't even try. So much for the false advertising about Israel and satellite driven bus arrival boards.  In Israel, many people rush on to the bus, not even allowing passengers to deboard. They just push past one another. I don't do that, but there's a price to pay because sometimes the bus driver leaves without you or slams the door on your knee. This time, I certainly wasn't going to rush on because an old lady with a cane was slowly moving toward the door. I stepped aside hoping that the driver would see me, but he didn't even see her. He closed the door just as she n...

This is the kind of open hostility that Haredim face in Israel. The following is an X post from an Israeli organization: "The criteria for subsidizing daycare centers are already biased in favor of ultra-Orthodox families. The bill that was approved today in the Knesset in its preliminary reading will deepen this inequality, but its primary goal is to circumvent a High Court of Justice ruling to stop the subsidization of draft dodgers." For the full opinion of Dr. Gilad Angel and Adv. Shlomit Ravidsky Tur-Paz >> הקריטריונים לסבסוד מעונות יום מוטים כבר עכשיו לטובת משפחות חרדיות. הצעת החוק שאושרה היום בכנסת בטרומית תעמיק את חוסר השוויון, אבל המטרה הראשונה שלה היא לעקוף הוראה של בג"ץ להפסיק את הסבסוד למשתמטים משירות. לחוות הדעת המלאה של ד"ר גלעד מלאך ועו"ד שלומית רביצקי טור-פז >> You hear the snarl and the disgust. This is every day in Israel. This is how they talk. One commentor wrote: , "מכון" "ישראלי" "דמוקרטיה " כל ...

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  Top 20 Countries with Most Airports 1. United States — 16,116 2. Brazil — 5,297 3. Australia — 2,257 4. Mexico — 1,580 5. Canada — 1,459 6. France — 1,218 7. United Kingdom — 1,057 8. Russia — 905 9. Germany — 840 10. Argentina — 764 11. Colombia — 661 12. Italy — 655 13. South Africa — 573 14. Papua New Guinea — 569 15. China — 507 16. India — 487 17. Venezuela — 439 18. Ecuador — 432 19. New Zealand — 423 20. Bolivia — 419 Source: CIA World Factbook. Bolivia has more airports than Israel which has 34. There are  3 international airports  currently operational in Israel, all managed by the Israel Airports Authority. These include Ben Gurion Airport (the main international gateway), Ramon Airport (the second largest), and one other international facility. 1   2   3 In total, Israel has  17 civilian airports , which includes the 3 international airports as well as 14 domestic facilities. 2  Other sources count the total number ...

  The Largest Libraries in the World by Number of Books 1. Library of Congress - 25.77 M 2. Harvard Library - 20.12 M 3. National Library of China - 19.85 M 4. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek - 17.93 M 5. Russian State Library - 17.65 M 6. Bibliothèque Nationale de France - 16.23 M 7. University of Michigan Library - 16.03 M 8. Yale University Library - 15.42 M 9. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - 15.39 M 10. Columbia University Libraries - 15.03 M 11. National Library of Russia - 15.01 M 12. University of California, Berkeley Libraries - 13.89 M 13. British Library - 13.52 M 14. Bodleian Libraries, Oxford - 13.12 M 15. National Diet Library - 12.47 M

  Taxi Ride Costs in Major Global Cities (Average Fare for a 5 km Trip) 1) Zurich ~ $25 2) Geneva ~ $24 3) London ~ $23 4) Milan ~ $22 5) Los Angeles ~ $22 6) Brussels ~ $22 7) Amsterdam ~ $21 8) Munich ~ $21 9) Copenhagen ~ $19 10) Tokyo ~ $19 11) Oslo ~ $16 12) New York ~ $16 13) Sydney ~ $16 14) Berlin ~ $16 15) Barcelona ~ $15 16) Dublin ~ $14 17) Tel Aviv ~ $14 18) Reykjavik ~ $13 19) Helsinki ~ $12 20) Vancouver ~ $11 21) Toronto ~ $11 22) Bangalore ~ $3 23) Jakarta ~ $2 24) Manila ~ $2 25) Mumbai ~ $2 26) Delhi ~ $2 27) Cairo ~ $1 28) Karachi ~ $1 Tel Aviv as expensive as New York but your salary is 1/4.