tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post5638085284019883091..comments2023-10-06T14:45:43.399+03:00Comments on Back-to-Israel: Why (on earth) Did You Move Back?bd249http://www.blogger.com/profile/07330312434147698678noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post-63502521309858860162012-09-29T22:14:39.305+02:002012-09-29T22:14:39.305+02:00I have a question... Is it possible to live in the...I have a question... Is it possible to live in the USA and to remain an Israeli? Is it possible to have a peace with such of personality / identity split? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post-37566192097870394242012-09-02T15:37:58.061+03:002012-09-02T15:37:58.061+03:00I read this post and I am falling apart. I have mo...I read this post and I am falling apart. I have moved to te usa 14 years ago after meeting my husband in Israel. We came here so that he can finilize his citizenship and want loose the opportunity to come back. We were not suppose to stay here. <br /><br />We have 2 girls and my husband who was in IT field is now working in the mall 6 days a week till late at night . <br /><br />I want to move back and hate it here, my husband does not want to<br />Move back and is afraid he will not find a job as he only read and write English and is 42 years old. <br />I saw so many couples break up because of this issue and don't want to be one of these couples, I lovey husband, but LOVE my country as well. <br /><br />It is soooo hard!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post-42682815592837378072012-05-06T03:14:26.279+03:002012-05-06T03:14:26.279+03:00wow great, i have lived here in the US for 20 yera...wow great, i have lived here in the US for 20 yeras. have tried to move to israel for my wife and 4 kids.... i have tried to live there for 2.5 years and felt like a little fish in a shark pound... You know it was real hard we got to real bad place i had no money no work and the family helped us a lot. my wife asked me what can we do i said" let me go back to the states i will do anything i can" i was here for 8 months by myself before i sent the tickets for them, i worked in moving locksmith whatever. i did work in ISRAEL IN SHITI JOBS. i have tried.<br />you know living in this big cities with the dream job dream car, dream house. well it own u.<br />i love my life here, i love the people, and they love us back. we are building a great business and all is well.<br />i wish u all the best, i hope u find ur place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post-55488211236221316002012-03-11T17:01:07.792+02:002012-03-11T17:01:07.792+02:00Baruch, having gone through a similar process (alb...Baruch, having gone through a similar process (albeit after 8 years and not 20, and from a place with truly miserable weather) - I can identify. I've been asked the same question. <br /><br />Having now been back for more than 5 years, I don't feel like going to live anywhere else. At least not at the moment.<br /><br />I'm far less troubled by the geo-political threats in the Middle East. Maybe because I don't have kids and I don't worry about them going to serve in the military. Like the Anonymous poster above, I'm more concerned about the country destroying itself from within, or becoming a country where I really wouldn't want to live or raise kids in. However, I don't think we've reached that point just yet, and I believe the trends of the past decade or two can be reversed.Ranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590345054022926105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post-52109078947101682232012-02-29T20:26:29.256+02:002012-02-29T20:26:29.256+02:00Dear anonymous,
I feel your pain. And I agree wit...Dear anonymous,<br /><br />I feel your pain. And I agree with most of what you say. However I don't believe that "all is lost", and I don't think you do either. Otherwise you wouldn't have spent time and effort sharing your frustrations.<br /><br />I don't know if Lapid is the "answer". I intend to participate in one of his upcoming meetings ("Hug Ba'it") and check it out. Israeli politics need a change. And I think we're getting ready for it.bd249https://www.blogger.com/profile/07330312434147698678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post-1809301519107939272012-02-28T16:45:57.707+02:002012-02-28T16:45:57.707+02:00I did the same move 2 years ago (after 8 years in ...I did the same move 2 years ago (after 8 years in the US)...and receive the same reactions...I have a different theory fo it...the Jewish people (us!!!) were, are, and always will be moving from one place to another...what you call "home" is not our home any more (a secular induvudual that is trying to take care of his family)...this is home for extremist, religious people and other leech that are taking this country to its end...if you and Mr. Lapid would like to try and reverse this process - welcome! I'm with you...the only people that are able to destroy this country/ land is us. Not Iran, not the Palestinians, only us. People have no respect to each other in this country and that's what going to make this place even worst.... sorry for being so passimistic, but unfortunately this is the reality here... good luck to all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post-67796347565294531192012-02-23T23:15:29.404+02:002012-02-23T23:15:29.404+02:00"I believe that people leave a place when the..."I believe that people leave a place when they are either a) forced to, b) look for an adventure or c) lose hope." - I'd like to turn this around and apply it to your move away from CA... which was it? :-)Alonhttp://www.facebook.com/alon.amitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437018501155294071.post-79547558468241940382012-02-23T22:42:30.707+02:002012-02-23T22:42:30.707+02:00Baruch, if Israel can be defined by the many smart...Baruch, if Israel can be defined by the many smart, insightful and deep thinking Israeli people I have met and worked with, then it must be a great country indeed. Relight the fires of hope :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com