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October 2008 
If you were exiled from your homeland, where would you move?
Posted on Dec 10th, 2007
by 
Debi
Debi
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for December 09, 2007:
It would depend on why I was exiled, and the state of the world around me, and where the people I loved wanted to go.
In a vacuum -- but whoever lives in a vacuum? -- I would run to Israel. This is where Jews are always welcome, always protected, always home. This is where, if we go down, we go down fighting like hell. The feeling I've had in the two trips I've made there has been an instant feeling of relief as I get off the plane. The heat hits when the plane doors open, and it's like an oven in a grandmother's house -- love and comfort full in the face. There's a sense of timelessness everywhere. I can't wait to take Doodlebug and Shmoo when they're older.
But as for moving in exile...gosh, I just really hope it never happens!
In a vacuum -- but whoever lives in a vacuum? -- I would run to Israel. This is where Jews are always welcome, always protected, always home. This is where, if we go down, we go down fighting like hell. The feeling I've had in the two trips I've made there has been an instant feeling of relief as I get off the plane. The heat hits when the plane doors open, and it's like an oven in a grandmother's house -- love and comfort full in the face. There's a sense of timelessness everywhere. I can't wait to take Doodlebug and Shmoo when they're older.
But as for moving in exile...gosh, I just really hope it never happens!
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