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Takahmamash: “If it bothers frum Swiss Jews enough, maybe they should just make aliyah. There’s no one forcing them to stay in Switzerland, and there’s certainly no mitzvah to live there.”
Takamamash, good point in theory, except – even though the ideal is to live in EY, there are reasons why it can be muttar or even a Mitzvah to live in Chu”l. I try to be dan l’kaf zchus that many of the Jews in chu”l have good reasons for being there. This is certainly true for many of them. And the rest are “tinok shenishba” in this area since they were never taught the chashivus of living in EY.
btw, I used to be much more judgmental of Frum Jews who live in chul but I have learned to be more open-minded over the years, as I have come to realize that there can be good reasons to live in chu”l, and making aliyah is not always the best choice for everyone from a Torah perspective.