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

If a school in Israel has any connection to the government, if it accepts any of the tax money that the government takes by force from working people, the government places requirements on the school curriculum. One such mandate is that the school teaches Tanach. That's not a bad thing, except that the mandate tells you what books and chapters of Tanach that you must teach. Invariably, it picks that ones that depict war and bloodshed. So you have 10 year old girls in Beis Yaakov reading not the book of Ruth but the most violent parts of Nach. Example from Samuel I When the Philistine began to advance toward him again, David quickly ran up to the battle line to face the Philistine. David put his hand into the bag; he took out a stone and slung it. It struck the Philistine in the forehead; the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground. Thus David bested the Philistine with sling and stone; he struck him down and killed him. David had no sword; so David ran up ...

Where I lived in America, there were three hospitals. Two were in walking distance from my house. By that I mean a two minute walk and a ten minute walk. Now I am 1 hour from a hospital even though I live in a city of 150,000 people, which is a population bigger than that of the city in which I lived in America. I just talked to another guy whose father had a stroke and didn't get to the hospital quickly enough. My city offers no care for stroke victims. More on health care. I just spoke to a woman who is trying to get her daughter evaluated for ADD. Next available appoint is in May! That's 7 months from now. I know a guy who needs a sonogram for stomach pain. Four months wait! I spoke to a woman who is trying to get her daughter's toe fixed. She  has some kind of double toenail which is causing tremendous pain and altering her walking which can create back problems. Next appointment available for a surgeon - four months! Here's how long your visit with the doctor lasts...

Depression and anxiety: New research reveals impact of war on preschool children  Children whose parents served in reserves showed signs of greater emotional withdrawal, which included fear of sudden noises, tantrums, and difficulty sleeping. A new study, which focuses on the emotional and behavioral effects of  October 7  and the ongoing war on preschool children and their parents, revealed on Monday the severe impact the war is having among families of reservists and evacuees. The study recommended expanding support to vulnerable populations, also within Arab society. It was conducted by Dana Shay, Dr. Carmel Blank, Dr. Yael Navon, and Prof. Yossi Shavit at the Taub Center. continue This isn't happening in Far Rockaway or St. Louis or Atlanta. But if you come to Israel, you are subjecting your children to this. 

Remember when I told you about the challenge of getting stamps in Israel, how you have to make an appointment at the post office and how it will be several days later and that if you come 10 minutes late you miss your appointment? Remember that? Well, it gets better, the local post office, where sometimes they don't open the door to honor your appoint, it closed down. Now you have to go across town to the one post office. 

Many yeridim, people who ruin their lives by moving to SSOI, don't have cars because cars are twice the price here and salaries for most yeridim are 1/4 that of what they made in the USA. So that means buses.  The bus system in Israel is like everything in Israel, barely adequate. To go from city to city, expect a multi-hour trip with buses that leave once every two hours or once a day or some days not at all. As for buses in the city, in some cities it's not bad, eg Jerusalem, Beitar, Beit Shemesh. The buses are very crowded in Jerusalem. It isn't a pleasant trip, but there is bus service of some kind. However, you need a Rav Kav, ie a bus pass. Drivers no longer accept cash. And there are ticket checkers everywhere. Sometimes it seems there are more checkers than drivers. Sometimes, I get checked three times on the same ride. In this land of militarism, this quasi police state, even the bus ride is stressful because of the relentless ticket checking. And if your card does...

Background: I made Aliyah nearly a decade ago while in my early 20’s from a major U.S. city. I served in the army as a combat soldier, became fluent in Hebrew, I work in an Israeli company, and all in all have assimilated well to Israeli society. Now, lately I’ve become fed up with the constant level of stress living here. It’s become so bad now I suffer from chronic headaches. My actual physical health is being affected by living here. Seriously, I ended up in the ER because my head didn’t stop pounding for over a week. The diagnosis… “you’re way too stressed out”. It feels like nearly everything you do will incur the highest possible level of stress for the given task. You want to go shopping? Count on someone cutting you in line. You want to take a cab? More than likely the driver will try to cheat or overcharge you. I consistently discover “errors” in my paycheck, always to my loss. At some point you lose count of all the times you receive some bill from two years ago that you neve...

If you move to Israel because some over-the-top Zionistic rabbi  guilts you into it, you might have a big problem with your children. I meet all kinds of people who give up their house to come live in a little apartment. They give up their cars to take buses.  One of these people probably didn't have to give up his car because he only retired here after having a legal, academic, and rabbinic career in America (where he was educated). But he still pushes everyone to come here whether they be rich or poor. That's how ideologues work. You are just a pawn in their games.   Here's how you look to your children now, like a loser. And if you don't speak Hebrew -- and few olim over 30 learn Hebrew -- you look like a bigger loser. If you are a baal teshuvah or convert that grew up without any exposure to Hebrew, it will be even harder. You can't help your kids with their homework. You need them to get on the phone and talk to the customer service rep. You look helpless. You ...

Since the beginning of the war, over 26,000 rockets, missiles, and drones have been launched at Israel from multiple fronts. The numbers included 13,200 projectiles fired from Gaza — at least 5,000 on October 7 alone — 12,400 from Lebanon, around 60 from Syria, 180 from Yemen, and 400 from Iran — the latter of which in two direct attacks on Israel on April 13 and October 1. A total of 728 soldiers, reservists, and local security officers have been killed and another 4,576 have been wounded in the war since October 7 — the latest on Sunday. Of them, 346 were killed and 2,299 were wounded during the ground offensive in Gaza. The IDF also lists 56 soldiers killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents. https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-year-of-war-idf-data-shows-726-troops-killed-over-26000-rockets-fired-at-israel/ Verdict stay in chutz

    This is a signup form for Microsoft. You'll note that country/region is not optional. Only USA is available. Come to Israel and experience this continuously. The credit card that you have used for decades doesn't allow non-US addresses. Paypal didn't for years. I'm still unsure what is going on with Paypal. You'll find the same with all kinds of online shopping, with video streaming. They only work in the USA. What you learn when you come to Israel is that the USA is the world's superpower and a shockingly high percentage of technology and services come from the USA. But when you move to Israel your ability to access these become seriously limited. I am the treasurer for a non-profit in the USA but cannot access the bank account because the bank will only allow US phone numbers for security checks. Every board meeting is an adventure for me to coordinate with someone in the USA to gain access.  Oh, you can just switch to Israel companies. Oh yeah, keep livin...

There's space in Israel which prompts the question why are people living on the Gaza and Lebanon borders and in the West Bank. There's plenty of space in the Galil and in the center of the country. I imagine that there are historical and political reasons, the latter of which includes expansionist ambitions, but I won't get into it. The point for today is the spacious places are not where you'll be living. You'll move to Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Be'er Sheva, Rananana where there isn't much space. And since you'll now be in an apartment or maybe a house that's way smaller than what you have, you'll be short on space. Israeli apartments don't have closets, so you'll have even less space after you install a cheapo standing closet. You won't have room for your books, toys, or clothes. But much worse, you won't have room for sleep over guests. Even if you host a kiddush, it will be uncomfortably crowded. But worse, there will be compli...

Remember when I told you about the post office appointments, how if you need something from the post office you have to make an appointment, wait three days or sometimes more, and then be sure to arrive within 10 minutes of the scheduled time? Well, sometimes that's not enough to get your stamps. Here's a story that happened today. Woman arrives twenty minutes early, but the door is closed. She can see that there's a worker in there, but the door doesn't open. It's now 1/2 hour after opening time. People are waiting, but nothing. Her time passes. Nothing. 1/2 hour more passes but nothing. Suddenly the door opens, and the sole poster worker scurries out, locks the door, ignoring everyone, and leaves the building. This woman rushes over to her and says "Where are you going? Are you opening? We have appointments." Postal worker says, "Too bad. It will open later." Welcome to SSOI (the secular state of israel). There were numerous Americans on the un...

News from 10/9/24.  And aliyah pushers will claim Jews are unsafe everywhere.  They  Zionists are delusional and have no compunctions against  endangering your life. And in related news, a Jewish student at Columbia University got shouted at. Oh my gosh, we must flee America. 

  It continues. Every few days. Sometimes on consecutive days, Jews murdered in Israel. Are the lunatic aliyah salesmen going to continue asserting that Jews are no less safe in Israel?

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-823326 Israel one year into war: 885 civilians killed, 70,000 wounded - National Insurance Institute Following October 7, 217 civilians who were not members of the  security forces were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip. Some 885 civilian casualties were added to the total number of victims killed in terror attacks, according to the National Insurance Institute (NII) on Sunday. The total count did not include members of the security forces or emergency standby squads. Seven of the casualties were added just last week as a result of the Jaffa terror attack, who were not included in the NII's findings. Of the 878 victims counted, 578 were men and 300 were women. Among them, 53 were children and teenagers under the age of 18: four were aged 0-3, two were 3-5, three were 5-8, nine were 8-12, eight were 12-14, and 27 were 14-18. Additionally, 72 of the victims were foreign citizens. ....Since the war began, over 70,000 victims of hostilities have...

  Do I have to explain how nutty this is? Unconditional love for a country. What if it becomes genocidal, Heaven forbid, against its citizens? What if you are a religious Jew and the state is atheist? This sentiment clearly is a replacement of Hashem with the State.  Seeing that Rav Soloveitchik founded the school, I must say that he ridiculed this kind of attitude. They just don't listen to him. 

 

15 Jews have been murdered in the last two days in Israel and unhinged Zionist "Rabbis" are still declaring that Jews are not safe anywhere and everyone should move to Israel. When facts don't factor into a man's thinking, his mouth is capable of uttering anything. 

 from TorahJews.org It happened in the fledgling Slabodka Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. The war was still raging in Europe the angel of death had almost full reign in the killing fields of Europe. As Lithuania was being decimated Rabbi Isaac Sher resolved to rebuild from scratch in the Holy Land, and founded the Slabodka Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. Thus a rejuvenation was beginning in the land of Israel. Rabbi Sher asked to small group of students if eventually they would want to return with him to Slabodka in Lithuania after the war. One student replied, “Absolutely not! I should go back and leave behind the Holy Land?” But Rabbi Sher countered, “We will accomplish much more there. We will be able to learn and grow more over there.” One of Rabbi Sher’s early students was Rabbi Shlomo Hoffman. He witnessed this exchange and recalled: We students living in the Holy Land were not swayed. We could not contemplate how the Rosh Yeshiva could even think of going back there and leaving the Holy Land! R...