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Olim light up Israel in time for Hanukkah
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Published: 22.12.11, 07:40
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1. Did they arrive on segregated flights?
Haim ,   TA   (12.22.11)
2. I wish them luck...
Al   (12.22.11)
Question: How do you become a millionaire in Israel? Answer: You come with two, in a flash you'll only end up with one. Prices in Israel are nuts. EG: Bus trip from Hadera to Jerusalem return approx 200 shmekels.
3. #2.yes yes Al. blah blah blah. again with your whining.
ari ,   israel   (12.22.11)
4. Baruch Ha'bah!!
David ,   Haifa, Israel   (12.22.11)
5. Haim Tel Aviv
David ,   Haifa, Israel   (12.22.11)
go home to Gaza
6. 76 olim, very sad.
(12.22.11)
I find this article very sad. Why? Because every month between 1200 and 2000 Africans risk their lives to cross the border in order to live here, yet Nefesh b'Nefesh, with all the monetary incentives and other help it gives to olim, can only scrape up 2000-3000 North American Jews to come here per year. This means olim from the US AND Canada. The olim from Russia are mostly not Jewish, as are a lot of the Ethiopians who have come the last several years. Maybe the Falash Mura convert but many return to Xtianity once they're here. Just go to their churches in Jerusalem and other places.The Bnai Menashe from India come, but according to DNA research, they were probably never Jews. Olim from Peru and Venezuela are often Xtians with a Jewish grandparent or great-grandparent, if at all. If G-d forbid this Jewish state fails to exist in the future, it will only be because the Jews of the world refused to live here.
7. @1 no but from now on everything they do will be segregated!
(12.22.11)
8. #5 David Haifa
Haim ,   TA   (12.22.11)
Meow,
9. Welcome home to the new olim and Chag Chanukah Sameach!
Jacob Richman ,   Ma'ale Adumim   (12.22.11)
10. Happy Hanukkah!
Ypip ,   Canada   (12.22.11)
11. #6
mark ,   ca   (12.22.11)
So what is your point ? The reason why Jews of the world refuse to live in Israel is because of your shtetel mentality and luck of culture. p.s. and if you start to dig in your own geneaology tree ,you may find that is not as pure as the undriven snow :-))
12. enjoy the nice feelings
Barry   (12.22.11)
you will wake up to the no jobs for immigrants reality soon enough and will ahve to leave like everyone else who's tried.
13. #6, Jew is defined by culture, not by genes or religion.
Michael ,   California, USA   (12.22.11)
And it is defined by respecting Jewish history. If you want to get rid of your sadness, adjust your definition of who is a Jew to the reality of this world. How long will you live like an orthodox ostrich with head in the sand?
14. #6 you should sign your comments as Dr. Mengele
Sammy ,   Israel   (12.23.11)
15. CHANUKAH/CHINUCH: Leshon Kodesh AND PRONOUNCEABLE Yisraelit.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (12.23.11)
16. 13 Michael Ostrich will get head...
Jehudit ,   Israel   (12.25.11)
out of sand, when Jews will stop APING other cultures.
17. Whining #2, #12
Michael F. ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (12.28.11)
#2 The bus from Hadera to Jerusalem costs 34 shekels each way. If you paid 200 shekels, it's because you are a freier. #12 Last time I looked, unemployment in the USA was 9%, Israel 5.5%. All of my fellow olim have jobs if they want them - perhaps not all as high-flying or as well-paid as back West, but they knew they were trading a good living for a good lifestyle when they moved. I think the more naive ones are the thousands of Israelis emigrating to Europe or America, thinking the streets are paved with gold.
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