To be honest (when in Israel do as the Israelis do), when I looked at the schedule, today was the day I was least excited for. We were going to a session on ?The Social and Economic Impact of Immigration in the Last 100 Years,? listening to a presentation from the VP of Business Development of Solaris-Synergy; meeting with the Prime Minister?s Economic Council Member and his official spokesperson; going to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and finally listening to presentations from PresenTense. I was least excited for today because I?m more interested in seeing the start-up companies and less interested in hearing about the government and immigration. To my surprise, today ended up being one of my favorite days of the trip. I realized what I love about the start-ups is what I ended up loving about the government and immigration meetings ? the passion.
Paul Liptz was the first person we met with. He explained the social and economic impact of immigration. I had never found this topic to be particularly appealing because I thought it was quite simple ? the Haridiem men and the Arab women don?t work, which is inefficient for the economy, and the immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, as well as others, brought new knowledge that greatly contributed to society. However, this was not how his lecture went. Paul Liptz is immersed in his work. For starters, he was an immigrant, so he fully understood the Anglo-Saxon perspective. He understood different components to life by trying a diverse range of things, for example living on a kibbutz. He broke the immigrants into six groups, and was able to explain each perspective through personal anecdotes. The main concept that stuck with me is that the Haridiem women understand the need to confirm to the norms of society. Paul Liptz?s anecdote for this was when he needed to get a visa to get a passport. He went to the necessary office and an ultra-orthodox woman was there. He gave her his information, and she said to come back in a week. When he returned, the visa was not ready because someone else had messed up. The woman called the man who messed up and screamed inappropriate things at him. And then, the man that messed up quickly sent the thing he had messed up on. The women?s explanation for yelling inappropriately at the man was ?when you?re living the real life, you have to behave in a real way.?? He used this anecdote to portray to us that the Haridiem women understood that they needed to change how things were going. He explained that they were encouraging their children to get an education. He claimed that the orthodox women would be the reason that the Haridiem community would rise in economic standards, which was a new angle on immigration.
When we went to the prime minister?s office to talk to the spokesman I was the opposite of excited. However, he quickly made it clear that he loved his job. He said a main part of his job was that he always has to be available. He spoke about how he?d go multiple days getting minimal amounts of sleep, depending on what was going on in the public. His love and commitment to his job made him very engaging and also permitted him not to just tell us facts about the conflicts in Israel, but offer us a perspective of why Israel is portrayed in a certain light. He explained to us how in Israel the media is allowed to be extremely critical so that?s what they do. On the other hand, countries that Israel is in conflict with aren?t allowed to have freedom of press. Therefore, when an American news industry reports, they only have the scrutinized Israeli news.
Alexis ? Olin Business School ? Freshmen ? New York
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Source: http://olinbizinisrael.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/passion-in-israel/
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