tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post8203723445607192043..comments2024-03-27T16:29:33.089+02:00Comments on A Jewish Grandmother : Becoming a "Real Israeli"Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-91546652198649256522014-05-05T22:50:18.563+03:002014-05-05T22:50:18.563+03:00Lorri, thanksLorri, thanksBatyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-23502363278825330272014-05-05T19:23:24.773+03:002014-05-05T19:23:24.773+03:00This is a thought-provoking post, and an illuminat...This is a thought-provoking post, and an illuminating one. Thank you.Lorri M.http://www.jewaicious.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-9670180997912769302014-05-05T16:57:04.852+03:002014-05-05T16:57:04.852+03:00yosef, it's how your define Israeli. Straight ...yosef, it's how your define Israeli. Straight legal status or getting deeper into the culture. When I talk to those born and raised here, who feel that my American accent separates me, that separation decreases when they find out that I lost close friends in war here decades ago and that we go to the cemetery every year.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-23382802865155685462014-05-05T16:43:23.210+03:002014-05-05T16:43:23.210+03:00Our family suffered thousands of mortar attacks ov...Our family suffered thousands of mortar attacks over a five year period in Gush Katif (Rare is the soldier during a war who experiences such an onslaught); I've also attended tens of funerals for neighbors killed by arabs. This doesn't make me an "Israeli" (that happened when I made aliyah), it makes me a victim of Israeli govt. self hatred and ghetto mentality.yosefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01347993166408103794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-80228988046479793432014-05-05T10:32:01.369+03:002014-05-05T10:32:01.369+03:00Maybe "only" should be edited out, but t...Maybe "only" should be edited out, but there is something in the experience that is like a crash course in the Israeli experience like no other. And my sons both did full frontline army service.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-8880331374329639352014-05-05T09:17:41.288+03:002014-05-05T09:17:41.288+03:00I have to agree with Medad. I have several friends...I have to agree with Medad. I have several friends who have lost loved ones- and see their pain. However I have never (thank G-d) list someone I knew. But I feel that since I have had 2 sons in the army I more than feel and qualify as a real IsraeliRickismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078192111057725026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-87260238429978475622014-05-05T08:25:02.042+03:002014-05-05T08:25:02.042+03:00While the thought is admirable, I don't think ...While the thought is admirable, I don't think "only" is applicable. You can better understand what it is to be an Israeli if born abroad and make aliyah and yes, there are other ways to become Israeli but "only"?YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.com