As a sort of follow up to Jerusalem reader: clearly, not everyone is coming from the same kind of situation in the States and is not trying to fit into the same societal position in E.Y. Hence, a newly married kollel couple without much financial means moving here to learn for a few years is not is the same league as someone who has worked in the U.S., owns a house that can be sold and the funds used toward purchasing an apartment in E.Y. Or, a couple whose kids are grown up, and in some cases not even moving with their parents, is not facing the same situation as a younger family with school age children. So, “this one is not like that one, and that one is not like this one.” (Begin. of Bava Kama). Similarly, if one subscribes to the notion that “Israel is (good) for every Jew,” etc., they are looking at things differently than someone who thinks “Eretz Yisroel is marvelous; the State somewhat less….,” and it doesn’t necessarily work out for every Jew. Bottom line: it works for some but not for all, and people should accept that reality.
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