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centers around making _a,
edge with Jews all over the
choices, debating choices, f,
Detroit area. As the year pro-
even altering choices.
gresses, I will examine var-
How could a country the
ious Israeli customs and
size of New Jersey be so com-
lifestyles and attitudes. I
plicated? Take a look at what
welcome the opportunity to
happens when a country en-
provide you with a first-hand
titles every Jew to migrate
look "Inside Israel" ... but
in, under the Law of Return
with second-hand heat, sun
(1950). You have Israel, a
and desert temperatures.
Jewish
melting pot about to
I had to travel halfway
boil over.
across the globe, but I final-
For instance, one out of
ly found summer. Unfortu-
every 10 Jews living in Israel
nately, I found an extra-hot
is Russian. This is compara-
summer, true to Israeli leg-
ble
to having 24 million for-
end. As we arrived at our
eigners in the United States.
hostel in Jerusalem for the
And don't forget about the
week-long Otzma orienta-
Ethiopian Jews who arrived
tion, we were welcomed to
here last year on Operation
"Israel's worst heat wave in
Solomon.
years." With temperatures in
Some "oldtimers" believe
the upper 90s and humidity
that
Israel would be better <
at 95 percent (what about
without
all these ohm (new
the dry heat they promised?),
Israelis). It seems that Amer-
we got acclimated into Israeli
ica is not the only country
life.
that suffers from unemploy-
Just minutes into my Is-
ment. According to Torn
raeli adventure, I had dis-
Sawicki of the Jerusalem
covered the key to life in
Post, 12 percent of all Israelis
Israel: water, be it bottled,
are currently unemployed, as
from the tap, cold, even hot.
are 40 percent of the Soviet
The Otzma staff suggested
immigrants.
that we drink 60 cups a day,
It's hard not to pity them.
at least. However, this is one
They
are people eager to
goal I will doubtfully obtain.
achieve
their dream of work-
If I do, the only Israeli expe-
ing for a living in Eretz Yis-
rience I will have will be in
rael; yet, they live a night-
the bathroom.
mare of unemployment.
This brings me to one of
Even though there is no
the most puzzling paradoxes
way to employ them all, Is-
in Israel - the lack of good
rael is now their home too.
food in a predominantly Jew-
And while the streets ring
ish nation. Where are the
loud with song, these olim
grandparents when you need
are not in a happy state.
them? I could certainly go for
Not only does Israel con-
some homemade matzah ball
tend with the disparity be-
soup right about now. After
tween oldtimers and new-
three and a half weeks, I
comers, but when examining r'
have consumed 50 cucum-
the Jews who have made a
bers, 170 tomatoes, three
home in Israel, it becomes
pounds of corn and six loaves
impossible to believe that the
of bread. In fact, two fellow
group under scrutiny is ho-
Otzmaniks tabulated their
mogenous - one religion. At -
consumption,
and
over
bread
times, the discrimination and c_
a four-day span, Eric and
stereotypes among Jews in
Michael consumed 122 pieces
Israel seem comparable t(
of bread. Now you know the
the inter-religious and inter -
four basic Israeli food groups.
racial conflicts in America c -
set
the
fallacy
further
To
Prior to my Israeli experi-
straight, pita, falafel and
ence,
I categorized all Jews
hummus rarely have a place
into
one
of three slots: Le- c,
Basically,
a
at the table.
form,
Conservative
or Or-
is
the
Is-
falafel sandwich
thodox. Simple enough.
raeli equivalent of an Amer-
Needless to say, I have F i.nce
ican McDonald's hamburger.
learned that in Israel,l .ieing
we've
estab-
Now that
Jewish isn't so basic. In fact,` --
lished that Israeli food is less
certain sects hardly consid-
than exciting, what about
er other groups to be Jewish
those hours between meals?
at all.
experience
of
In Israel, the
For instance, I Vieve that
life itself overcompensates
I am Jewish. My , tother is
for the tasteless experience
Jewish, as is my tamer. As a _=
of eating here. While the
Reform Jew and a member
choices at the dinner table
of Temple Israel in West
society
are sparse, Israeli