"I took my 3 year old daughter swimming at my parents' condominium pool and the superintendant kicked us out because my daughter was having too much fun".Sorry Judah,but sometimes I would call it luck of "tarbut".Raise your children to respect other people.Common problem in Israel.

1.Interesting thoughts.. "Most of these "Israeli's" are not really Israelis. Sure, they have an Israeli passport, but it was just the fastest way to get out of Russia, settle down, make some money, get the Israeli benifits for immigrants, and move on to Canada. This was a transition via Israel, and they never really had an Israeli identity" .You haven't met "real Israelis" in Toronto?On my last visit I met about 50. 2."Nothing really changed in the way people in Israel think about those who leave".Not politically correct but simply jealous.Take a look how many "real Israelis" live abroad and you'll get an answer. p.s. For your info this was a major reason why I left Israel.The average Israeli always think that he/she is superior.Only in their own mind.Simply pathetic.

Obviously you have the choice of where you want to live and so do I. And I wish both of you happy, long lives. I also realize that not every Jewish person can live in Israel and it probally would not be stategically such a good thing. Especially if G-d forbid Iran ever dropped a nuclear bomb on Israel. Yet with al this said it still bothers me when Israeli leave. Before Jews made up close to 80% of the Israeli population and now it is approaching 75% Israel is the only Jewish country in the world and I do not want Israel to become the world's 23rd Arab country. As a Zionist when I go to Toronto and see all the Israelis at the Promenade mall it does bother me. I wish I could put them all on a plane and bring them home.

This Judah, a formerly Canadian poor soul from the isolated Golan Heights is a masochist living in Dreamland. It won't be long before another demented dictator from the flawed and defective coalition government will evacuate him. The similarity of Israelis finding it difficult fitting into to a Canadians society is no different by many Anglo Saxon olim who reject the Israeli aggressive, arrogant culture and mentality.