פרסומים אחרונים במדור "טור אישי"

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Frankly, I can't really relate to your experiences. It may be irrelevant, but when I had spent time in Switzerland, a few years ago, I found the German Swiss much more amicable than, say, the French (then again, my standard accent in English is American). The only time I had felt any antagonism relating to my ethnic identity, was when I was on a vacation in London, and a couple of local Hassidites switched to Yiddish, after hearing that my mother and I spoke Hebrew.

Jews in Argentina aren't persecuted, but they're in trouble (in deep shit, actually), and therefore should be helped. As Yuval has mentioned earlier, our economic state was much much worse in the past, yet we have managed to settle hundreds of thousands at those harsh times.

Please explain why do you think the economical assistance to new immigrants does not contribute to growth. I believe it does both technically (GNP goes up) and realistically (GPI goes up as well). Afterall, you boost consumption as well as increase the number of available educated workers.

In addition, our point of view remains Israelocentric - you don't send money overseas, you only help those who come here. Even the anecdotal story you have brought sounds right to me - by the time that immigrant has attempted to resettle here, the funds she has recieved were long gone, and quite likely remained spent in Israel. Afterall, if she could save some of the money she recieved, she wouldn't have returned to Argentina in the first place, would she? If at all, this story suggests that for some of the immigrants, the initial assistance given isn't satisfactory. Since their successful immigration is the interest of everyone, and since the money remains in the economy, it might be wise to assist some of them even further, for instance by small low-interest loans accompanied by proper training.

He was one of the greatest British intelectuals, and
also served in high position in the Foreign Office
Not exactly an east European Stetel or Ghetto
person
Wrote very interesting staff about Tolstoy and 19
century Russian Philosophers
like Herzen .