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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
Probably as well as the ones who live here. Which is to say I've never met one that punches a clock and the Ritziest neighborhoods around here are full of them.
I'm thinking we get the smartest ones, which is great. But the not so smart ones go to Israel and wonder why they must constantly worry about getting blown up.............. 
Dave |
There are plenty of very smart and industrious Jews in Israel and what they've done with their small parcel of land in a bad neighborhood is quite remarkable. There are more high-tech start-ups in Israel than in other spot in the world outside of the Silicon Valley. The area around Herzliya (10 miles north of Tel Aviv) hosts just about every high tech company you have ever heard of (Intel, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft...)
Many Israelis, however, live blissfully unconcerned about what going on in the West Bank or Gaza. Within the bubble of Tel Aviv, there are virtually none worried about being blown up. In fact, when a siren sounds, they leave the bars and restaurants to go
outside and watch the Iron Dome fireworks above.