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A group of young Israeli expats have unleashed controversy back home by encouraging others to join them in Berlin, touching on two of the most sensitive issues in Israel: the country's high cost of living and Jews' tortured history with Germany.
http://news.yahoo.com/exodus-campaign-berlin-sparks-outrage-israel-053429915--finance.html
Exodus campaign to Berlin sparks outrage in Israel
By ARON HELLER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
October 16, 2014
October 16, 2014
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A group of young Israeli expats in Berlin have unleashed controversy back home by encouraging others to join them for a cheaper life.
The high cost of living in Israel has driven many to up sticks to the German capital, with the fact that a popular chocolate pudding can be bought for a third of the price there used to highlight the issue.
However, the exodus has sparked fury in Israel, with one commentator labelling the trend 'disgusting'.
The high cost of living in Israel has driven many to up sticks to the German capital, with the fact that a popular chocolate pudding can be bought for a third of the price there used to highlight the issue.
However, the exodus has sparked fury in Israel, with one commentator labelling the trend 'disgusting'.
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The uproar began several weeks ago when a 25-year-old former Israeli army officer flaunted photos of his grocery receipts - including those of a popular chocolate pudding that sells in Germany for one-third the price in Israel - and boasted about the good life in the German capital.
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Even so, the idea of people leaving when the going gets tough is hard to swallow in a country where struggle and sacrifice are so engrained in the national psyche.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin once derided Israelis who left the country as 'a cascade of wimps.' Commentators have suggested he would be turning over in his grave if he knew about the Olim Le'Berlin group behind the come-to-Berlin campaign, whose name uses the Hebrew word typically reserved for Jews immigrating to Israel - 'aliyah' - in describing its actions.
Israel's fury at the young Jews moving to Berlin for a cheaper life and 'abandoning their homeland for a pudding'
The high cost of living in Israel has driven many to move to Berlin
A popular dessert being a third cheaper in Germany highlights the issue
It's now known as the 'Milky' protest, after the pudding's Israeli name
The exodus has sparked fury with one labelling the trend 'disgusting'
The idealization of Berlin is viewed by many as a hurtful provocation
By TED THORNHILL FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 03:37 EST, 16 October 2014 | UPDATED: 03:58 EST, 16 October 2014
Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin once derided Israelis who left the country as 'a cascade of wimps.' Commentators have suggested he would be turning over in his grave if he knew about the Olim Le'Berlin group behind the come-to-Berlin campaign, whose name uses the Hebrew word typically reserved for Jews immigrating to Israel - 'aliyah' - in describing its actions.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2795168/israel-s-fury-young-jews-moving-berlin-cheaper-life-abandoning-homeland-pudding.html
Israel's fury at the young Jews moving to Berlin for a cheaper life and 'abandoning their homeland for a pudding'
The high cost of living in Israel has driven many to move to Berlin
A popular dessert being a third cheaper in Germany highlights the issue
It's now known as the 'Milky' protest, after the pudding's Israeli name
The exodus has sparked fury with one labelling the trend 'disgusting'
The idealization of Berlin is viewed by many as a hurtful provocation
By TED THORNHILL FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 03:37 EST, 16 October 2014 | UPDATED: 03:58 EST, 16 October 2014
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