Calling All Zionists: A Call To Action!

I had no idea when I posted last week about Zionism and dating what a firestorm I would be causing in the Zionistic Blogosphere. On Arutz Sheva – Israel National News.com, Kumah.org, Israel Perspectives, Cosmicx, Blogs Of Zion, and others picked up the story and responded with an outpouring of deeply held emotions and fervor.



I must say that I am quite moved by their passion and heartfelt love for Israel and the Jewish nation. I greatly respect their sacrifice and actually living their ideals even at great cost to themselves.

I now have a very special request. Let’s have something very positive come out from this brouhaha. This blog is about doing something on the macro and micro level of the singles crisis. All movements must do concrete real actions to be effective on a larger scale. The famous motto, “Be the change you want to see in the world” is very apropos here.

I call upon all Zionists that have been asking and encouraging us Diaspora Jews to join you in the Holy Land. Here are three amazing, elevated, self sacrificing, beautiful women who have heeded your call and have made the move to Israel. They have followed their hearts and seen the light, they have done their part. Now I ask you to actively and aggressively do your part.



Please make it an active goal of yours to help them find their bashert. They have left friends and family behind, it’s now time for you to look upon them as your sisters, daughters and neighbors.

Read their blogs, tell all single appropriate men to read their blogs and contact them if they think appropriate. Contact them (they all have contact emails on their blogs) and invite them for Shabbos. Speak to them on the phone and invite them for an evening to get to know them better. Have them on your mind when you go about your business, perhaps you will bump into a single appropriate mench that might be suitable for them.

In other words take active, concrete steps to help them find their soulmates so they can truly do the mitzvoh of settling in the land. It is not enough to advocate and ask others to sacrifice, each and every one of us has the responsibility to follow through and actively take part in trying to help our brothers and sisters find happiness and contentment.

When you do take an action please leave a comment that you have done so. You don’t have to be specific, just state what you did. “I told my neighbor’s son about one of their blogs that I thought might fit with him and he said he will look at it.” Or, “I invited 2 of the women to my house for Shabbos so my wife can meet them and perhaps recommend someone.”

By leaving a comment you will encourage others to also take action and change someone’s life forever. Please take an active step today. You never know what you can accomplish when you just commit your mind to making a difference.

Hatzlocha!



First we have Sarah from Chayyei Sarah fame, a 33 year old Oleh from America, who just today writes about the struggle and weariness of the dating life in

Why Its Not Worth To Cry.

In a recent post we had a spotlight on her along with some other great Bloggers.

Gila who is a 25 year old woman who made Aliyah from Australia.



In this post she writes about some of the frustrations with dating, but you can get a good sense of the type of man she would want to date.

Dating Game.

You can also see her in her joyous exuberance about living in the Holy Land here:

If I Forget.

Finally a woman, Haddasah, 32, (not her real name) who contacted me on Frumster and we had the following exchange:



Haddasah wrote,

I would love to respond in detail to your "profile" but you have left me speechless (doesn't usually happen). Yet, I did not want to wait to contact you until I found the right words. So even though I will not do justice to what you have written, let me begin by saying that I am a passionate, spiritual-but-grounded person, who always tries to see the beauty in the world (I try to look at the sky at least once a day to appreciate the clouds, the amazing colors, the moon, stars, etc. I would love to find someone who appreciates Israel like I do (or is open to me helping them learn to appreciate it) is involved with Torah-study because he wants to be, not because he knows his wife wants him to be, who would have no problem joining in some of my favorite activities, like going to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital to give out toys to children. I love music, Art, outdoors, indoors and am open to just about anything.

For a start, if this interests you, please feel free to e-mail.

I responded:

Dear Haddasah,

Thank you so much for your very kind words. You brought a smile to my face and brightened my day. ;-)

You clearly are a very thoughtful, kind, and caring person who really has a great approach and outlook on life. There are a limited number of people who have a certain approach about giving of themselves and being there for others and its always a pleasure to bump into one such as yourself.

Before we go any further, I do believe that we have a big obstacle in our differing living situations. You specifically note in your profile that you adamantly wish to live in Israel and are looking for someone who is open to that possibility. While I love Israel and I try to spend significant time there every year or every other year, it’s not a possibility for me to live there at this time.

I am curious as to why you feel the way you do about Israel. Did your family make Aliyah? Did you make Aliyah by yourself?

In any event, I thank you for your very kind words and I want to wish you for you tremendous Hatzlocha in finding a Zivug and in all your endeavors.

Have a glorious day!

Passionate Life ;-)

Haddassah responded,

I love Eretz Yisroel because my soul feels alive here, I feel a connection to Hashem here that I thought I had in Chutz Laaretz but only found out when I came here that it was not as close and real as it is here. I made Aliyah by myself and originally had only intended to be here for 3 months.



I am always surprised when I meet a person who is so in touch with his feelings and obviously a deep-thinker and probably a deep feeler as well, who does not hear his soul calling out to Eretz Yisroel.

Good luck to you too.

Haddasah

(If you would like more information on Haddasah, please e-mail me at orthosinglesblog@aol.com)

Please do your part and actively take a role in helping these incredible women find their Bashert and settle down in the Holy Land.

May we all hear great news soon!