Some people are desperate for publicity.
Andy Grove, the past CEO of Intel Corp proved via the Pentium bug fiasco, that there's no such thing as "bad" publicity.
Therefore, how do some religious Israelis get their name everywhere?
They write articles that bash...religious Israelis.
In this fashion, the spotlight is on today's idiot, "Efrat Shapira-Rosenberg"
I have no clue who she is, but her article in YNET entitled, "The Plague of Eretz Yisrael" is proof positive that she's an attention seeker, rather than someone who wants to honestly deal with facts.
Her opinion piece can be summarized as such: Religious Jews in Israel place an inordinant amount of focus on Eretz Yisrael and neglect everything else...and that is a "plague."
Her closing paragraph:
Last week, Magen David Adom needed volunteer ambulance drivers and medics for night shifts in large cities in the Gush Dan (Tel Aviv) region. I answered their call, and did a night shift. What I found was the following: in this particular city, there were no local volunteers...at all!
Rather, all their volunteers in that (rather large city) were from settlements in the Shomron, and one volunteer from North America!
So the next time MS Efrat Shapira-Rosenberg has an epiphany about bashing religious Jews and settlers for caring "too much" about Eretz Yisrael, perhaps she should check out all the wonderful work they are doing around the country; including volunteering for MDA, Hatzala, Soup Kitchens, Aiding Developmentally challenged children, outreach, social service and welfare programs, and of course...IDF duty.
And if some people want to focus on Eretz Yisrael, that's their right, just as I know some people who focus on tzedakka, some who focus on learning and teaching Torah, and others who focus on saving lives.
Focus is a "religious, social, and moral injustice"???
I would advise that she be very cautious about using language such as "plague" and Eretz Yisrael in the same breath.
When the 10 spies spoke poorly about Israel, it didn't do them any good, nor the rest of our nation.
Andy Grove, the past CEO of Intel Corp proved via the Pentium bug fiasco, that there's no such thing as "bad" publicity.
Therefore, how do some religious Israelis get their name everywhere?
They write articles that bash...religious Israelis.
In this fashion, the spotlight is on today's idiot, "Efrat Shapira-Rosenberg"
I have no clue who she is, but her article in YNET entitled, "The Plague of Eretz Yisrael" is proof positive that she's an attention seeker, rather than someone who wants to honestly deal with facts.
Her opinion piece can be summarized as such: Religious Jews in Israel place an inordinant amount of focus on Eretz Yisrael and neglect everything else...and that is a "plague."
Her closing paragraph:
Yes, the Land of Israel is beloved, and it’s important, and it’s possible that for some people, there is no other issue. But the total focus on the struggle for the Land of Israel is not just a religious, social, and moral injustice. It’s also a plague.Since Ms. Efrat Shapira hyphen Rosenberg is too busy mouthing-off via her YNETnews soapbox, let me tell you a single story from last week, which shows just how wrong she is.
Last week, Magen David Adom needed volunteer ambulance drivers and medics for night shifts in large cities in the Gush Dan (Tel Aviv) region. I answered their call, and did a night shift. What I found was the following: in this particular city, there were no local volunteers...at all!
Rather, all their volunteers in that (rather large city) were from settlements in the Shomron, and one volunteer from North America!
So the next time MS Efrat Shapira-Rosenberg has an epiphany about bashing religious Jews and settlers for caring "too much" about Eretz Yisrael, perhaps she should check out all the wonderful work they are doing around the country; including volunteering for MDA, Hatzala, Soup Kitchens, Aiding Developmentally challenged children, outreach, social service and welfare programs, and of course...IDF duty.
And if some people want to focus on Eretz Yisrael, that's their right, just as I know some people who focus on tzedakka, some who focus on learning and teaching Torah, and others who focus on saving lives.
Focus is a "religious, social, and moral injustice"???
I would advise that she be very cautious about using language such as "plague" and Eretz Yisrael in the same breath.
When the 10 spies spoke poorly about Israel, it didn't do them any good, nor the rest of our nation.
Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael
