Berlin's Hebrew online magazine “Berlin Hayom” “>which I covered in my last blog), I now wonder if I should really move there….And we thought Israelis were self-hating?
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2. Berlin is becoming more bourgeoisie and less authentically bohemian. Just another boring, capitalistic European capital.</p>
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3. Public transportation does not meet Germany's famous standards of punctuality.</p>
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4. Berlin is getting more expensive every year.</p>
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5. The Dude heard about the “Milky” controversy (in which Berliners famously bragged that Israel's “Milky” brand chocolate pudding was five times the price of the German equivalent).</p>
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6. The Dude likes Israelis because they think differently, as do the Middle East refugees (yes, they are pretty much lumped together).</p>
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7. The only normal food in Berlin comes from Middle Eastern immigrants.</p>
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8. “The refugees are those who are stopping the rich from conquering the city. To me, where someone was born is completely incidental and shouldn't be given that much weight.”</p>
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9. “For me, writing is throwing up….The city is terrible and the people here are stupid.”</p>
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10. He can understand why Israelis still prefer Berlin over a country in a constant state of war, and Israelis are still cooler than the other Westerners that come to the city.</p>
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11. Don't come to Berlin to make money. Come to party, do drugs, enjoy.</p>
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12. “I never believed that I'd be talking about my book with Israelis.”</p>
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13. A big word you hear on the streets in Berlin is “walla” (really-wow in Hebrew)</p>
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14. Berliners are pro-Israel – but that's mostly because no one really gives a f#*k about where anyone is from.</p>
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15. Berlin is still a Leftist bubble in Germany.</p>
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Thanks, Dude Knall – very enlightening, and, ahem, encouraging!</p>
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(For English speakers, you could read the <a href=)
“>funny automatic translation on “Berlin Hayom.”)
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