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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 692811" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>I think if I was in Britain, I would have voted to stay in the EU. "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know." Malika, your take on it is pessimistic, but realistic. However, it is obvious that people who don't live in Britain don't understand the atmosphere and the sentiments of the people in the street, their "gut" feelings that made them vote the way they did. It seems to me that some people are yearning for a Britain that used to exist but has changed and will never return. The commentators have said that it seems that older people voted to leave the EU and younger people voted to stay, which I find interesting. Our radio here in Israel doesn't stop talking about all the ramifications.</p><p></p><p>Just to answer your personal question, Copa: I came with my husband and four small children to live in Israel when I was 29, and we had four more children here. My two sisters were already living here. My parents waited until my father retired from the job he had held ever since arriving in England in 1939. All their three children and all their grandchildren were living here in Israel, so in 1984 they sold their home in London and came here to Jerusalem to live out the rest of their days near their family. Yes, so many changes in one lifetime, but they were content and grateful for what they had. And for us, who had grown up in a two-generation family (only parents and children) it was just thrilling to become a four-generation family, and to give my parents "naches" (I don't know how to translate that -- it's the pleasure of enjoying one's children and grandchildren, it's a Yiddish word, actually Hebrew "nachat").</p><p></p><p>Have a good week, everyone!</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 692811, member: 77"] I think if I was in Britain, I would have voted to stay in the EU. "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know." Malika, your take on it is pessimistic, but realistic. However, it is obvious that people who don't live in Britain don't understand the atmosphere and the sentiments of the people in the street, their "gut" feelings that made them vote the way they did. It seems to me that some people are yearning for a Britain that used to exist but has changed and will never return. The commentators have said that it seems that older people voted to leave the EU and younger people voted to stay, which I find interesting. Our radio here in Israel doesn't stop talking about all the ramifications. Just to answer your personal question, Copa: I came with my husband and four small children to live in Israel when I was 29, and we had four more children here. My two sisters were already living here. My parents waited until my father retired from the job he had held ever since arriving in England in 1939. All their three children and all their grandchildren were living here in Israel, so in 1984 they sold their home in London and came here to Jerusalem to live out the rest of their days near their family. Yes, so many changes in one lifetime, but they were content and grateful for what they had. And for us, who had grown up in a two-generation family (only parents and children) it was just thrilling to become a four-generation family, and to give my parents "naches" (I don't know how to translate that -- it's the pleasure of enjoying one's children and grandchildren, it's a Yiddish word, actually Hebrew "nachat"). Have a good week, everyone! Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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