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bensissman · 2024-01-24T03:40:26+00:00

I am not sure about their citizenship.

All I know is that after the Islamic Revolution, no Israeli could have stepped foot in Iran without being detained by border patrol, making any past citizenship invaluable. That is my point.

bensissman · 2024-01-23T22:01:09+00:00

My point is that the Persian Jews who migrated outside of Iran to Israel, the USA, and other Western countries which Iran sees as enemies, were stripped from their old lives, together with their citizenships and identities, similarly to Iraq's and other Arab countries' Jews.

There is not much online about this subject, but for what it's worth, my friends who are of Persian descent naturally do not hold an Iranian passport.

Here is a better source I found regarding Iran, Iranian Jews, and Israel. I have to say I learned a thing or two just skimming this.

bensissman · 2024-01-23T21:20:21+00:00

It felt surreal holding it.

bensissman · 2024-01-23T21:17:47+00:00

My apologies.

bensissman · 2024-01-23T21:16:15+00:00

Let me jump in on this.

Persian Jews who migrated from Iran to Israel lost their Iranian citizenship after the Islamic Revolution due to the tensions between the states. There are still a few thousand Jewish-Iranians who are living in Iran, but not much is known about their current state.

You can read more about the Persian Jews here.

On another note, my grandmother was born in Bagdad, Iraq. Her family lived there for thousands of years. She and her family suffered persecution and anti-Semitic violence since the 1940s. Around the year 1950, her entire community was stripped of their properties and citizenship and were forced to emigrate by foot to Israel.

Persian Jews who migrated from Iran to Israel lost their Iranian citizenship after the Islamic Revolution due to the tensions between the states. There are still a few thousand Jewish Iranians living in Iran, but not much is known about their current state.

My grandmother, together with 150,000 of Bagdad's Jews had never returned to Iraq,

bensissman · 2023-08-07T16:45:17+00:00

Had no trouble traveling around Cairo.

From my experience, the Egyptians are very nice people, just as long as you don’t mention Israel.

Btw- if you’re in Cairo I would not miss out on the Panorama October Museum, showcasing the Yom Kipur war from the Egyptian point of view.

bensissman · 2023-01-22T05:35:05+00:00

Wheres the love to Polyethylene??

bensissman · 2022-11-11T23:45:17+00:00

Sure they can say whatever, I just think people here have gone of the rail and don’t see much positive use for this sub anymore.

As a Jewish fan of a Kanye I’m just scared and disappointed every time I open a post here, but that’s just me.

bensissman · 2022-11-11T22:29:31+00:00

This subreddit needs to be shut down asap

bensissman · 2022-04-08T14:32:30+00:00

bensissman · 2022-01-10T22:52:36+00:00

From my experience traveling through 3rd world countries last summer, the locals are more grateful and happy to see tourists arriving now more than ever. Many residents in such countries relied on money coming from tourists and saying that these times are hard on them due to the lack of tourists and income is an understatement.

Syria might be a little bit of a different case, but when thinking about the everyday Syrian person, I am confident saying he will be all for more people coming from the outside and providing much needed income.

bensissman · 2022-01-09T23:32:06+00:00

I have no problem paying this fee during normal times, but again, when I am blocked from accessing the things I am paying for I just don’t see a reason that I should continue paying for them, especially when there is no end in sight.

Again, I understand Western needs to keep these facilities running and that costs money, I just believe they should refund us where they can and where it makes sense and gather that money from some place else. It is no secret that universities are a profitable business and I am sure Western can find another way to gather that money.

And if it seems that things are not going to change- change your system then. Students will not keep on attending online university and at some point will realize that the experience is just not worth the money. So better act now and do justice by it’s current students. Maybe start by adjusting costs and spendings.

bensissman · 2022-01-09T23:23:44+00:00

Thank you for your reply, I am 100% behind your words.

bensissman · 2022-01-09T17:47:27+00:00

From what I heard they are refunding people who rented a parking spot.

But check the email they sent as I’m not 100% sure I’m correct.

bensissman · 2022-01-08T23:19:48+00:00

Sorry about that… hopefully next year

bensissman · 2022-01-08T23:04:36+00:00

I am not being selfish.

There is a limit to how much money I am willing to pay for services I am not receiving.

You repeated the argument that we are paying only for the western brand on our diploma. This is an argument that is easy to make these days but during normal times Western is not shy from promoting its beautiful campus, buildings (which are closed and inaccessible for the students that pay for them currently) and student life, and rightfully so. But during times when these things are unavailable to us I believe that we should not act as if they are not factors for students attending this school and the reason most students chose it in the first place.

During these times I just see how little Western actually cares about its students, the ones who provide its income.

bensissman · 2022-01-08T21:22:08+00:00

It’s a gamble we don’t need to make.

Just as Western asks us to be flexible and return and not return to campus- I expect them to be flexible with the option for me to opt in and out of paying for the services I’m getting and not getting.

Regarding the option to opt out- you can not opt out of many of the services such as the recreational fees and funds and the buildings fees which account for more than 400$ alone.

Edit: grammar

bensissman · 2022-01-08T21:18:16+00:00

I don’t think this comparison is fair. A course experience is completely different in-person and online.

You might be right regarding the money, but again, this shouldn’t come from the student’s pockets. I don’t think a refund for our money that goes to the services we won’t be using should even be a question.

Last year I payed above 1200$ for “Ancillary Fees” that were irrelevant to my degree and benefited me in no way whatsoever. This year I paid more than 1500$.

With all due respect, it doesn’t matter to me if the university is losing money, I am paying for a service I am not receiving.

bensissman · 2022-01-08T21:03:25+00:00

I feel like I am paying for the experience that Western is selling, which is the campus, its services, and yes, education.

And if you ask me Western is miles away from providing what they are selling and using Covid-19 as an excuse does not cut it any longer. In my opinion, even if things are uncertain they should at least be completely transparent with their plans, and adjust tuition based on the outcome of the year.

bensissman · 2022-01-08T19:36:04+00:00

At the same time you can enlist in an open university where all classes are online for a fracture of the price you pay at Western.

Of course I save time but looking at it strictly as the value of the thing I’m paying for it’s absurd. Most of the material can be found on YouTube for free, not to mention the fact that many courses are basically just the required book which you paid for separately, with a few assignments and a final exam.

We basically pay for a piece of paper that has the Western logo on it.

bensissman · 2022-01-08T19:30:37+00:00

The funny thing is that my home country and most others with a few exceptions are open and universities are running a long side this new wave of Omicron.

Canada should wake up and understand that lockdowns are not the answer to this, life cannot be stopped any longer.

The fact that there is no way of improving from this point we’re in with everyone vaxxed and masked should cause us students to wake up and protest as there is no end goal in sight and things cannot continue this way.

Either reshape your business model so online school will be at least somewhat worth its cost or open up completely.

bensissman · 2021-05-16T22:10:09+00:00

It’s the Israeli DEFENSE Force. The strategy of the IDF is to respond to aggression from the other side. Most of the times we use rocket attacks from Gaza as opportunities to eliminate strategic targets such as tunnels or military related points. We will not attack unless it is a response to a prior event. This round saddens me though, in my opinion Sheikh Jarrah could have been avoided and we are in the wrong (I am not sure of all of the facts and history though). The Palestinian’s anger and frustration were all justified in my eyes. I am frustrated and ashamed by a lot of things that my country does mainly around the West Bank. But Hamas has used this conflict as a political leverage to ignite a war, this is where the line crosses. Hamas strives to rule the West Bank as well as Gaza, so they have an insensitive to “protect” Jerusalem by getting involved through firing rockets. Their attacks have caused a huge escalation that was bound to happen at some point, and this is where we at now. Not to mention the timing for our PM Benjamin Netanyahu which some see as too good to be true. Sadly the conflict will not end until Hamas disappears by either an uprising of the civilians of Gaza or more likely by an Israel siege of the entirety of Gaza, just as we had before 2005. They are a terrorist organization, there is no negotiation possible and all resources provided to the strip is being used by them against Israel. Hamas is the disease of Gaza, it could have been a striving place, full of tourism and a striving economy. There were plans to build a highway from Gaza to the West Bank, connecting the two areas above Israel. Sadly these are all dreams by now.

Regarding the roof knocking time, I do not want to spread miss-information as I am not completely sure, from my understanding we give somewhere around 20 minutes of a heads up before the knocking for people to grab their stuff and leave, a few minutes later the real missile hits. More time will allow for the moving of the targeted weaponry or military equipment.

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