#Israel / On the Jewish State’s absurd policy of the right of “return”, if you’re not a Palestinian that is
[from a column in which the reporter talks to people passing through TLV's airport]
Q: … And we thought we were the “after the wars” generation
A: […] And now we're here, and I feel a strange sense of obligation. In the most basic human sense, I came here from somewhere, the government gave me money, gave my brother a school, essentially funded an entire year of really good living for my family, just because we're Jewish. I always knew I was Jewish, my mother worked in the Jewish education system in Russia and I went to a Jewish kindergarten and school. But it was something on the periphery of my thinking, and now it's more central.
Q: What surprised you the most when you moved here?
A: All the people I ever knew in Russia, everyone I ever met, is here now. I don't think I have a single acquaintance left in St. Petersburg.
