gavra_at_work: both my husband and I have master’s degrees from Ivy League US universities, and many years of work experience from the States. We work in professional environments, albeit not high tech. No, we did not serve in the army, as we made aliyah later in life. We are, however, both highly valued by our employers, however they cannot afford to pay us decent wages because that’s the nature of business in Israel. You imply that this is a problem particular to us (i.e., that we are “damaged goods” in some way) and that this is not a societal problem faced by the MAJORITY of Israelis who struggle to earn a living wage. In particular, the idea that the answer is for us to make yeridah rather than that something in the Israeli socialist economy needs to change is offensive. Should that chiloni man who wrote to Lapid also make yeridah?
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