Posted on 10/21/2014 5:39:09 AM PDT by SJackson
BERLIN — Pudding Man is unmasked! He is none other than 25-year-old mobile app designer Naor Narkis.
And if you don’t know who pudding man is, you clearly don’t live in Israel or Germany.
Narkis – whose revealed his name for the first time to The Washington Post – sparked an uproar over the past three weeks after taking to the Internet to share his decision to leave behind the high cost of Tel Aviv and follow a host of young Israelis emigrating to cheap and shabby-chic Berlin. Despite the shadow of the Holocaust here, he encouraged more of his countrymen to do the same — anonymously mounting a Facebook page on Sept. 29 titled Olim Le Berlin. Even the name itself — playing on a Hebrew word commonly used to encourage immigration to Israel — stirred passions.
But his page really went viral – and became part of the national debate – after he posted a shopping receipt, including a local version of a beloved Israeli chocolate dessert known as Milky. He bragged of buying a far more ample portion than the typical serving size in Israel for roughly one-third the price. Soon, talk began of a “Milky Revolution” – or an outflow of young Israelis who could find economic solace in the symbolically important, and undeniably cheap, former capital of Nazi Germany.
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Sorry, even after many years of practice, English often confuses me.
I can’t see how this is good for Israel. And I don’t expect the Turks in Kreuzberg to welcome them.
Simple solution to high cost of living in Tel Aviv: Judah and Samaria, Be’er Sheva, Galil, Tzefat, Tiberias; all plenty cheap. Move to Germany for what, to boycott your native country? Dumb-ass whippersnappers.
No sweat.
I’m not sure why this is a big deal. Aren’t Israeli youth known for traveling after military service? This kid is going there for a couple years. No different than the funemployed stories here a few years ago.
Don’t know. Since the article implies this individual is eligible for welfare, 400 euros a month, I’d presume he has German citizenship as well, or maybe any EU nation is enough. Fun time for a couple years.
It’s just embarrassing.
My wife always asks why I am silent in the USA and talk and tell jokes in Israel —— stupid English mistakes like this is why.
Don’t be too hard on yourself, especially since English is not your mother tongue.
Also, if you are on FR very much you’ll soon see that regulars here frequently criticize one another’s grammer or punctuation, etc. Don’t take it personally. And keep right on posting your replies. You are entitled to your opinion. But don’t be surprised if you get a little flack occasionally.
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