tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post115439259816523673..comments2023-10-17T04:20:37.327-07:00Comments on Balabusta in Blue Jeans: Why I Cannot Meet You In The Lobby of the King David HotelBBJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1154631863191858882006-08-03T12:04:00.000-07:002006-08-03T12:04:00.000-07:00I'd like to make clear--this is not just about mon...I'd like to make clear--this is not just about money, although the incredible assumptions made about the kind of money American Jews have access to does annoy me.<BR/><BR/>This is about the assumption that making aliyah is either something I will do soon, or something I'm making excuses not to do, probably to insure a higher standard of living elsewhere. Making aliyah is something I don't plan to do. No excuses. It's also about the assumption that GOING TO ISRAEL ON VACATION is some true act of solidarity, when sending money to help refugees or support MDA that doesn't go to my own pleasure isn't, and attending a political event in the U.S. isn't.<BR/><BR/>If my kids should make aliyah someday, I will, of course, try to help them out, and I will be very excited, and if I can, go and visit and admire their new life. I hope by the time they're born and grown I will have money for that kind of thing.<BR/><BR/>Now, the core: I don't understand the emphasis on 'spend some time here'. If I go to Israel--and I want to, some day--how am I HELPING? How would I be helping if I was there right now, in a way that I'm not when cheering through the phone link for the mayor of Haifa? Do Israelis who feel nothing when we demo in San Francisco actually feel incredibly perky and happy when there's a war on, and American Jews are sunning themselves in Eilat?<BR/><BR/>Truly, don't get it.BBJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1154612089377983982006-08-03T06:34:00.000-07:002006-08-03T06:34:00.000-07:00Kobi- Two more years of parentally-funded educa...Kobi-<BR/> Two more years of parentally-funded education? Sure, it's a lovely thought. But some people are already taking out plenty of loans for college- another year or two might not be any more financially reasonable then than a vacation in Israel is now. I'd think that it's important not to push people beyond their practical limits.Maya Resnikoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251303621825787312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1154532300798782642006-08-02T08:25:00.000-07:002006-08-02T08:25:00.000-07:00Hey, everyone has to do their part. I think that i...Hey, everyone has to do their part. I think that if you want to attend rallies you should do so, wave a flag, chant as loud as you can and know that you are doing what you can do right now. I'm going to the rally here in Denver to support Israel and I'm glad to go becuase at this moment its all I can do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1154404221723287832006-07-31T20:50:00.000-07:002006-07-31T20:50:00.000-07:00Thanks for standing up for us penniless American J...Thanks for standing up for us penniless American Jews.<BR/><BR/>I am not in Israel because I wasn't accepted to the Birthright trip I applied for. Anyway, my poor mother-in-law would have a heart attack, and she has enough on her plate right now.elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271905313295544312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1154402438908235912006-07-31T20:20:00.000-07:002006-07-31T20:20:00.000-07:00I go to rallies for one primary and very simple re...I go to rallies for one primary and very simple reason: Silence equals defeat.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Like you, I have not gone on a vacation in several years.The back of the hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564245223453467132noreply@blogger.com