Oh, of course they went door to door! And gave out presents of wads of cash and free massages, and sang "shiny happy people" songs. But you know those Arabs -- fearful and suspicious and backstabbing. They *knew* they wouldn't be harmed, but they just wanted to make the Jews feel guilty. It was the ultimate passive-aggressive attack: "Oh, no, you take Tel Aviv-Jaffa -- I'll just go live in a refugee camp for the next 60 years or so (because I know how *awful* it will make you feel!)" Treacherous, those "Palestinians."
Do non-religious folk actually make aliyah anymore? I imagine a few die-hards do it each year, and I also imagine that most of them go "home" sooner or later. Really, unless you're an orthodox jew, you have no reason to come at this point.
I love my husband more than anything, and if I hadn't swallowed all of that ideological crap they fed us over the years I would probably never have met him. But I would be lying if I didn't admit to being pissed that we were "led" they way we were as teenagers. Someone should have told us the hard truths earlier on.
If I wanted to do Zionist youth movements a service, I would go around the country explaining to them why it sucks here. (And not in a "the weak ones can't stick it out; only the truly strong and truly deidcated stay.") Those kids deserve to know! (Come with me? Let's crash peulot and scream "it's a cult! it's a cult! they're lyyyyyyyying!")
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Date: 2005-08-23 05:43 pm (UTC)Do non-religious folk actually make aliyah anymore? I imagine a few die-hards do it each year, and I also imagine that most of them go "home" sooner or later. Really, unless you're an orthodox jew, you have no reason to come at this point.
I love my husband more than anything, and if I hadn't swallowed all of that ideological crap they fed us over the years I would probably never have met him. But I would be lying if I didn't admit to being pissed that we were "led" they way we were as teenagers. Someone should have told us the hard truths earlier on.
If I wanted to do Zionist youth movements a service, I would go around the country explaining to them why it sucks here. (And not in a "the weak ones can't stick it out; only the truly strong and truly deidcated stay.") Those kids deserve to know! (Come with me? Let's crash peulot and scream "it's a cult! it's a cult! they're lyyyyyyyying!")