Hah, Health, you made me laugh. You aren’t going to do the research for me! you don’t need to, I already have, and guess what? I haven’t found any regulation, legislation, or policy from the Israeli govt and the Jewish agency to do what you claim (shmad) BECAUSE THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A POLICY! Your circular logic is mind boggling. That’s why I said, show me evidence, (perhaps I missed something) and I will concede the point.
Oh, and by the way, If I am nogeyah b’dovor, what are you? objective?
Sushe, I responded to the accusation that a specific community (the Teimanim) were targeted and in an organised way, official bodies of the state and the Jewish agency determined policy and implemented it to “shmad” them. I asked for proof. It has not been forthcoming. I said I would not be surprised if on a small scale it did happen, on the twisted agenda of an individual or a few individuals, but I reiterated that if it was policy, as was claimed, there would be evidence. There has been none shown.
Again, the tzioni establishment in the 50’s had priorities that were way more pressing, needed much attention and most of the precious few resources available in Israel at the time. Instituting an agenda such as has been suggested here magnifies the relevance to and interest in the frumkeit of the population to a level it never achieved until the late 70’s. To put it bluntly, few tzionim cared very much if frum yidden stayed frum, got more frum, or less frum. Compared to their concerns about the economic crisis, the food shortages, the fedayeen, the border incursions, the labor unrest, the massive influx of people who needed food, clothing, and shelter, it simply wasn’t important to them. Perhaps this is what bothered the people Health spoke with so much – being rejected as an irrelevancy rather than a necessity. And it is a shame, truly, because I believe Israel would be a better place, in every way, if it had made imbuing that generation with our heritage a priority.