"Those opening their mesivtas for struggling boys in the middle of our small communities will have a lot to account for after 120"
I was shocked by your article about Israel’s closed borders. Until the spread of the Omicron variant, anyone with a first-degree relative in Israel could receive an ishur to come. My husband has gotten an ishur to visit our two single children there. We have friends who go because of grandchildren being born.
Israel is a small country trying to protect its citizens from this pandemic the best way it knows how.
As for Michal Cotler-Wunsh’s quote that “Canada allows anyone in who can prove a first-degree relationship with a citizen” — our son is a lone soldier serving in the IDF. He is not a citizen, but they allow us to come in. We are expats from the US currently living in Canada, and until Canada eased the restrictions a few months ago, our children could not come to visit. One child was turned away by Air Canada because he only had a US passport.
Do not blame Israel for protecting the people of Israel. This too will pass, and we’ll all enjoy returning to Eretz Yisrael.
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