Moving to Israel

As many of you probably know, there are no shortage of bureaucracy issues here in Israel. Today I was reminded of that by reader and prospective Oleh Gene Maltsev.

Gene wrote in to tell me about an experience at the Ministry of Interior here in Jerusalem and what had transpired. Needless to say the event was colored with the seemingly all too common runarounds, lack of customer service and general rudeness.

While I am happy to report that Gene did ultimately get the visa extension sought, as was hoped, without any significant issues to speak of and that many of us know that such attitude is often expected at many of Israel’s governement offices, this does by no means excuse this activiy.

People such as Gene face enough challenges when considering Aliyah and moving to Israel that crude treatment by our own brothers and sisters should not have to be added to the list.

Ari