Yeshiva University High School For Boys - Elchanite Yearbook (New York, NY)

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,Q Wof .SDLIHL ,911 .gqirae Despite all arguments to the contrary which my friends have ad- vocated, I do not wish to go to Israel and make my home there. I would enjoy a trip there very much, but that is all. It is not the life I desires. Let me clarify this attitude of mine. To begin with, I am a religious youth, and I am also a Zionist. I believe in Israel as the Jewish home- land and also in having unlimited immigration. I think that any Jew who desires to enter should be permitted to do so. However, I do not belong in this category. My future lies in America: the reasons for this decision are several. In the first place, the Hblood of pioneersn does not course through my veins. I am not the type of soul to go to a relatively new, undeveloped country, and help build it up, although I think that in time, Israel will become a country like America. I'Iowever, I am content to leave this job to others. I do think that it should be done, and as quickly as possible. I am, and will be, willing to help by donating my time and money to the furtherance of this noble cause. I think, however, that the actual spade work should be done by those to whom it is a necessity, namely those people now in Israel and entering it. Secondly, and equally or more important to me, is the fact that there is no future for me in my chosen profession in Israel. I intend to complete a college course at Yeshiva College and then I shall go on to study law at some other university, specializing most likely in criminal law. I should be ready to commence my practice by the time I am twenty- four. There is no great need or future for a criminal lawyer in Israel to-day. The ratio of lawyers in Israel to population is very high in comparison to other countries. This is because the European Jew was largely a business and professional man, and the remnants of these Jews have entered, and will enter Israel shortly. In addition, Israel is not like Europe or America. There is no criminal element in Israel and very few criminals proportionately. This in itself, presents a very serious obstacle to any criminal lawyer. It is not easy to pack up and leave behind friends and relations. In fact, it is a thing to be avoided. Those who are now emigrating to Israel are doing so because they have little choice. Their friends and relations perished in the gas-chambers and crematoriums. Their memories are bitter and full of torture, not sweet and pleasant. It is easy for them to leave. These facts do not apply to me. Those are my reasons for not wanting to settle in Israel. Some people will think alike, some differently. Some will criticise, and some will approve. A few will understand. Whatever is said, my opinions are sincere and will most probably remain the same. ANONYMOUS. Editors note: The ojlilzions 1'cfflc'cfc'zl in fbis and in ffoe following arficlc' fm' llflf lIt't'l'XXl1l'ff-'j' ffmsf' of fbi? fv11bliz'zz1'i011. sixteen

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My J WW! Send, JL. JM..-K A question foremost in the mind of world Jewry is, Shall I settle in Israel? In war-torn lands it is of a more urgent nature. In America. however, the Constitution guarantees equal rights to all, yet I do not discount the possibility of an increase in racial intolerance here, especially in a strife-filled future. Indeed, it would not surprise some to find them- selves in the midst of a pogrom only a few years hence. An immediate problem is my education. The better medical schools are not located in Israel. To-day Israel is a country plagued with political and religious controversy. It is establishing itself as a nation, and will not for some years concentrate on its system of professional education. Ivlly medical degree, therefore, will be procured here. A more important issue involved is the fact that a religious Jew has always had difficulty in adjusting himself to social and business life in America, the obvious reason being the near impossibility of observing the Sabbath while in business. In Israel such would not occur, the guiding light being Jewish tradition. My most important reason is the following. My childhood was. as is the childhood of most Jewish children, associated with certain bitter memories. The memories of restricted areas and the taunts of dirty Jew! still linger in my mind. It is not in such an atmosphere I would! wish my children to mature. The scanty jewish education which is afford- ed most jewish children after school hours, would not prove sufficient, especially since we now have a homeland. In the uninhibited and intensely Jewish environment of Israel. my children would be imbued with the culture of our people. Hebrew, the language of the Bible, would be their tongue. Not a minority in their own country, they would not develop a Jew complex. Only after I have secured the benefits of a better education here, and will be able to contribute more to society, will I emigrate. I feel. that by that time, Israel will have improved its standard of secular educa- tion and my children will not be confronted with the same problem as was I. I will have ensured them a richer, fuller life, in the land for which the Jew has sought, died, and dreamed for, for two thousand years. ANONYMGUS. Seventeen