“If you plan on making Eretz Yisrael your permanent home, then my suggestion is do as the Israelis do and live outside of Yerushalayim”
This letter is in response to Dovid Green about the Tama projects. It is important to understand that while the projects may be justified and even necessary (though the earthquake issue is actually a source of debate), Tama 38 has been handled terribly.
For anyone who doesn’t have an insider’s view of the Ramat Eshkol situation, let me give you a look.
The way the government went about this benefits everyone but the middle-class renters who are on tight budgets, many of whom are in full-time learning. Personally, when we moved all of our furniture and belongings into a three-bedroom unfurnished and unrenovated apartment in Ramat Eshkol, we were hoping to stay there long term. We were told by our landlord that Tama was not imminent, nor was it a certainty.
After we settled in, the neighbors assured us it would happen — very soon. It took two years, and we were informed that the Tama process was about to begin just a month before the start of construction. We were informed by our fellow residents, not our landlord.
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