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

  A friend of mine who lives in a different part of town intended to meet up with me to travel to Jerusalem. However, his local bus didn't come for 45 minutes so when the second bus to Jerusalem came to the spot where we were to meet I boarded the bus after phoning him and telling him I'd meet up with him later. I had suggested to him that we take the privately operated haimish bus because the ticket checkers on the corporate-government bus tended to be very harsh. He still thought to take the latter bus because the ride is quicker. The heimish bus doesn't hire people like that and sells tickets anyway. When I got to Jerusalem I got on the light rail, after a wait, but none of the card readers worked. So I got off because I feared that if a ticket checker got on, telling him or her that the machine wasn't working would not suffice as an excuse because, I am sorry to say, that anybody associated with the law, police, or authority in any way in Israel is sort of mean or c...

  Yes, there is currently a severe rodent infestation throughout the Gaza Strip, particularly affecting displacement camps and tent settlements. According to recent reports, over 80% of displacement sites surveyed in April 2026 experienced regular infestations of rats and pests. The infestation has reached crisis levels, with rats and parasites spreading through tent camps, biting children and adults as they sleep, and gnawing through possessions. Health officials have reported that every day hospitals record cases of patients being admitted due to rodent-related incidents, particularly among children, the elderly, and the sick. The World Health Organization has recorded more than 70,000 cases of ectoparasite infections and rodent-borne illnesses in Gaza since the beginning of 2026. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, four displaced people have died from skin diseases directly linked to rodent infestations. The crisis stems from the widespread destruction of infrastructure, i...

Comments about Ron Wyatt's claim of finding chariot wheels at the bottom of the Red Sea. Here's what a normal human says: “Wyatt Archaeological Research.” I didn’t know Ron Wyatt and I have no animosity towards him. However, the following information makes me question his claims: Ron Wyatt was not an archaeologist (he was a nurse anesthetist). This, in and of itself does not mean that he could not make a discovery. Many archaeological digs have volunteers helping them; some of these volunteers even make important discoveries. The interpretation of the discovery is done by trained archaeologists, however. One archaeologist has said archaeology is 10% excavation and 90% interpretation. Ron Wyatt had no training to interpret the discoveries he says he made. Here's how an Israeli comments on it : Ron Wyatt was never carried out a systematic excavation that was licensed by the Israeli government. Joe Zias, the former Curator of Archaeology and Anthropology for the Israel Antiqui...

Beit Shemesh, Israel 6 bedrooms 2 million dollars. Small bedrooms likely because they are not shown in the photo. This is common with Israeli apartment ads. They show you the view but not the rooms. One all purpose room. No yard.  Compare to Milwaukee, 6 bedroom house for $474,000, 1/4 the price. And you get a yard, porch, dining room, living room, den. You can find a job that pays you 4x what you'll earn in Israel.  and here they show the bedroom 2,153 square feet vs 3,312 square feet And did i mention that there’s no military draft in Wisconsin? Oh, and the government gives tuition tax credits for parochial schools. Oh, you are minutes from a hospital rather than an hour. Oh and you are minutes from a Great Lake. Oh and you are living with polite people.

Declarations that the future for Jews is in Israel is not limited to Mizrachi or Dati Leumi people. In 2017, a yeshivish American Rosh Yeshiva declared at an Agudah convention that the future was in Israel because “the center of limud haTorah and psak halacha” had shifted there.  Is that even true? Beis Midrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey is likely the largest yeshiva in the world and there are many large yeshivas in the New York area.   An AI search revealed the following: The number of yeshivas in New York depends on how they're counted, but here are the estimates from different sources: ~450 yeshivas in New York State (as of 2020, per Times of Israel), with approximately 160,000–163,000 students enrolled ~120 yeshivas in New York (per ByteScraper business database) Brooklyn alone has 62+ yeshivas , representing over half of the state's total The variation comes from different definitions — some counts include small independent religious schools and Hasidic institu...

"Harav Yisroel Reisman, shlita, insisted that the future of Klal Yisrael is in Eretz Yisrael, as we are currently witnessing the shift of the center of limud haTorah and psak halachah to Eretz Yisrael, a phenomenon that has not existed since the times of Rav and Shmuel, 2,000 years ago. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to support the mosdos and citizens of Eretz Yisrael financially and emotionally, and give proper respect to those who come collecting from Eretz Yisrael." https://web.archive.org/web/20211206090356/https://hamodia.com/2017/01/06/midwest-agudath-israel-convention-begins/ Why is the future in EY before Moshiach arrives? How does he know that Israel will even exist tomorrow? The Shema tells us we will be kicked out for not observing the commandments and 4.5 million Israelis violate the Sabbath every week and have performed millions of abortions. Reisman, who lives in NY, doesn't know what goes on in Israel.  How is Torah centered in EY? America has plen...

Here's the house I visited yesterday, a relative who 'made aliyah.' Sounds so noble when you hear it, no? Made aliyah. One of the non-materialistic good guys. Here's a house just like theirs in their neighborhood: You don't know the backstory. You just hear that they made aliyah. So let’s see, they have lots of family here, are intensely Zionistic, speak Hebrew from day school (one has a surgeon for a father), are Modern Orthodox so they don’t have the battle with the army, and they have 2 million dollars for a big house that would be fancy in Monsey. Are they retirees with a lifetime of savings? Nope, they came when they were twenty. Are they lucky business owners? Nope. He works in the government and she has an online job for a marketing company.  Somebody handed them millions of dollars. Oh they try to play that down by saying 'they got a good deal' and 'they bought it used.' Meanwhile it looks brand new. I know many stories like this, people who ...