mevaseretzion makes a very interesting point:
I find it fascinating that you can almost see the world turn by the tone of comments on this post. Day in LA...Chicago...NY...we get (in large part) american Jews crying "humanism!"...and when we get to Day in Israel...it takes on a different tone. Does it bother anyone that living in the US seems to really frustrate the attachment of torah values to one's mind? You can really see the "avira d'eretz yisrael machkim..." and that "kol hadar bechutz laaretz dome lemi shein lo eloak..." I hope dovbear and the rest don't mind my quoting a gemara.
