Here in Ireland the cost of living is 18% higher than Berlin. Cost of rent is 29.9% higher in Dublin than Berlin. Transport cost €140.00 a month. 1 bed apartment roughly €1686.00 a month. Internet is €52.00 a month. Car prices cost 1.4 litre golf is €26,000 in Ireland.
I have been watching your videos for a few months now. I come from Cornwall, England and have been living in Israel since 1973. I really enjoy and appreciate your fair and insightful commentaries. In fact I now recommend the videos to both friends and family. Thank you and Shabbat Shalom from Netanya.
Wow, that is crazy, that situation sounds identical to rent in San Francisco. I can't even buy a house in the area I group at this stage in history anymore.
@@GuyShōtō There's an interesting statistic you can prob. find in a short search for how many salaries a person needs on average to buy his own place, per country.
@@eshvartz Well it's interesting to see that it's not just my region experiencing insane rent despite being the capital of high tech. I'm thinking of moving abroad though so it'll even out for me at least.
I emigrated to Israel in 1972 from UK. I always worked in an office using my English skills. Despite all my previous experience, I could never earn very much. Basically, it's because I don't have the Israeli mentality. I retired at age 74. Nearly all of my working life, even when my children were at home, I had to take in lodgers to help with my expenses. Even now that I am retired, I need a roommate to help with my expenses. Many immigrants from Western countries get help from their parents. I, as a single parent, could not have stayed in Israel if I hadn't had help from my family.
Fantastic and informative! I learned more about Israeli finances in 10 minutes than I have in a lifetime. I now have a greater understanding of how you have to make ends meet. I will have to re-watch some of your videos before I go back. So much useful information to take in. Keep it coming 😊.
Very informative and interesting commentary. Learned a lot of facts about Israel 🇮🇱 that I was not aware of. Oren, it’s good to see that your getting back into your comfort zone and groove. I certainly look forward too many more informative videos. You ask for love! Sounds great 👍 I’m all for love - hugging is good .... LOL Stay safe and I’ll see you in the next video. New Jersey USA 🇺🇸
Man, I just got my flights with ElAl to Israel canceled these days (Corona of course!) - please keep up the good work and deliver some facts for those out of bounds!!!
I lived in Israel for 11 years, until I moved to Canada, living there was amazing, u could have anything that you would want, it sure was a happy childhood, but if you are looking to get rich or just jump up to the next income class (higher income class), you only have a few options, like university, risking it all and commiting crimes, or work two jobs day and night and invest the little bit of money that you have left. overall, its a pretty good life and I want to move back, but I will need a lot more money to do so. Working 6 days every week and more that your usual 9-5 like you would in western countries is not an ideal scenario.
In the early days of the new state of Israel. My father hooked up our wagon to the mule simcha an off we went from our moshav to visit my aunt and uncle in the Kibbutz .For longer trips we took the bus to tel aviv. Having a vehicle was a luxury. My dad had a motorcycle as well.
Love your honesty and your accent. Of course, I subscribed. I love learning and traveling even if this year and next year is not possible. Living in the USA and happy to be here.
Thanks again for painting another more complete picture of Israel. Personal economics is a very helpful to way begin to understand a place. I look forward to your presentations and was very happy to see this new video up upon my return from out of town. Still excited about visiting y'all but taking your advice and holding off until better times. Peace.
I don't have a car. But then again (in normal days) I only go to work, I work close to a train station, and I picked an apartment close to another one. Trains in Israel are good as long as they go where you need and have a station close to you. I've used busses for years in my previous work, in university and during my army service and there's always the fear you're just going to miss one, since they could show up at any time. Seeing people trying to chase a bus is not uncommon.
Very informative. I lived in Israel in late 80 ies.. I am Finnish my ex husband is an Israeli. Now my oldest daughtet lives schon seit 10 Jahre in Berlin. My othet two in Finland. But they do love to visit Israel especially Eilat. My oldest daughter is hining in the Negev just now. We Finns love Israel very much. There is a direct flight every Tuesday from Helsinki to Eilat. I lived also in Germany for about 10 years. I hope to ne able to visit Eilat soon. Haifa is also a beautiful city. We lived there.
I have been in Israel for 12 years. Comparing big city rents like NY vs Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, the rents would be comparable. If you go out away from the major cities, it is cheaper, and it depends on where you want to live. I don't think everyone needs a car in Israel. For $1.75 you can ride a bus or train within the cities, and a little bit more for intercity travelling, and the cost goes up for really long journeys. It is not the best system, but you can get around pretty easily. Education in Israel is much cheaper when you compare private religious education outside of Israel. The cost of a few hundred dollars in Israel is thousands of dollars outside of Israel. Fruits and vegetables are very cheap here, as well as kosher chicken. Meat is more expensive because it is usually imported from Argentina. Cell phone plans here are very cheap, and all phones have free incoming calls.
@Ezra Yaakov Whether religious education is “better” is a highly subjective proposition. Most secular Israelis would contend that religious education poses an existential threat to the prosperity and wellbeing of the state of Israel thanks to yeshivas churning out tens of thousands of young people every year who have little or no useful skills in a modern economy.
@Ezra Yaakov It’s not about liking or not liking... it’s about contribution to society. That religious education you speak of is funded in large part by taxes which are paid almost entirely by secular Israelis. Given the ever-increasing size of the religious communities thanks to very high birthrates among them, it means that secular Israelis have to fund more and more people who “study” without gaining any skills that they could later use in employment and become tax paying citizens themselves. This is one of the reasons for the high cost of living in Israel.
@Ezra Yaakov Good for you and I hope more of the religious people gain the same attitude. My main point was about education... to emphasize secular Israelis’ frustration with them funding an educational system for a significant portion of the young people in Israel that doesn’t prepare those people for gainful employment later in life.
I certainly hope you don't need a car in Israel as I don't drive. I like to try the different cuisines available but I really don't care for eating in a restaurant just for its own sake, and certainly nothing that I can get easily here.
Coming from Australia I tend to agree with you, I have seen in your media how some of your politicians are just in it for themselves, they make ours look good. Very informative, hope to visit one day. Cheers
Boy, things have really changed in Israel since I lived there. i would say, the cost of living has gone up from about $2000/year to about $40.000/year - since about 1970. Just a rough guess! My son and three grandchildren were born there and live there today. It's different in many respects than it was when I lived there before and the same in many ways as well., but so is the USA...
The teachers income after expenses are actually higher than what my husband gets paid now. I looked up homes for sale in Israel and they are almost the same price as what we pay right now. So Israel compared to Tennessee life is not much different.
I'm kind of in la la land. I watch your videos because I'm fascinated by your take on Israeli society and tourism. I'm not Israeli but I speak fluent Hebrew because of my Jewish day school education. I haven't been in Israel in many years, and I associate Israel with the bad experiences I endured there in my year in yeshivah, but still love the country and the people.
I dont blame you, some yeshivot are akin to cults. there are many stories of people like you running away from these places due to abuse to places like tel aviv etc and becoming secular and successful. they just showed a story like this not two days ago on national news.
At least you have maternity leave at all. The US doesn’t have that guarantee and the cost of daycare for children under 3 is appx. 1,200 a month per child.
This Oren? guy is very good. He uses YT in a constructive way. So many people who comment, have not posted a single video - makes them look like idle consumers. But Oren needs the views, so it's all OK.
Brand new car 2002. A good one but I can do better! I bought a brand new 1996 Holden Commodore V6 4 litre! Thanks for the video and costs of living. It's a tough gig there in Israel. A honest life making ends meet. Thank you. .
I bought a nice black 2007 Mustang GT V8 here in Israel (was my dream car) .... had it for 4 years and sold it last year for the same money i paid for it. Couldnt of done that in Oz. They dont have them there ,.,, hahahaha
@@normlieberman372 Not the 2007 bullet shape that i had They never imported them into Oz but did to israel.. I know cause i looked for parts 5 years ago when i wan in Melbourne....was none
I am always excited for a new video. Expanded my knowlegde about Israel so much. If someone ask me: "Where do you know that from?" I always say: "RUclips." And mean your channel. I hope I will travel to Israel anytime soon. Greetings from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
I just resently found your channel (while channel surfing). Very interesting. I've been to Israel twice and when $$$ allows I hope to visit again. God bless you and your family, stay safe.
I studied in the university for 2 years in Tel Aviv. Only having 2 big dogs and feeding and housing myself; I was struggling- even with the generous studying benefits from Finland (around 1100e/month). When it comes to babies; the cultural shift can be seeing in the ideology connected to family. Most of the Western world this is not the case. Israel is a mixture of the West, East and South. I have also couple of videos of Israel- of course not as good as this! :)
This is the first video that I watch from you,and I loved,excellent description on the life in Israel today,I saw the sincerity in your explanations and expresions,I will visit Israel first time maybe next year,I learn a lot from this video,living there is too expensive for me and I am not young,congratulations,keep the good work!!
This is still pretty relevant...I have been here for the last 3 years and just discovered this channel. He gives good background and trends which are still accurate. Amazing people, amazing place...things are different here...so be it
I spent a year in Jerusalem as a student at Hebrew U and also the Rubin Academy, in 1971-72. Israel was very inexpensive then as my father would send me $100 a month and that covered all my expenses. Tuition was only $500, much less than at college in the States. Israel was a developing country still, and I think they wanted young Western people from the US and Canada to make aliyah and this one year program was to show the best side of Israel without the responsibilities of being an ezrach, a citizen. Now Israel is very expensive and you have to be wealthy from selling a house in America to live in Israel. I spent my working years in a New York law firm and was able to retire earlier than I had planned, but I have a nest egg of $1 million dollars, plus Social Security of $1800 going up 8% next year. I am living comfortably, and practice Ivrit and music on my own. You can't compare, but life in a low cost city in the US where I live you just have a much better standard of living.
Thank you for the video. You deserve the respect for your ability to present evidences of reality not mixed up with personal opinions we all have. עבודה יפה
You forget to mention that theres a 60% tax on car - which means we pay more then a double on car compared to other country's (thats why you driving a 18 year old car) Plus , gas price in israel is one of the highest in the world(also because of high tax on gas). And theres a yearly fee you need to pay if you own a car which can go from 285 usd for a small and old car like your one to 1300 usd for big pickup trucks)
the cost of living is very high over here , I live in Tel Aviv I would never stay here if I did not work in the high tech sector.. The food is 30% more expensive for the same products in a super market and the real estate is the same as in Paris. You cannot live decently in that city for less than 3000 euros Net monthly for a single person. I try to buy as much as I can overseas when i get to travel Also Israelis buy online a lot..
Those high living costs are unfortunate, especially for parents with children. When I lived in Israel during 1978-79 living costs were being impacted by an inflation rate of about 30%. But exchanging U.S. dollars only when necessary made my living there quite reasonable, roughly equivalent to the small-town U.S.
The comment about mandatory service that means people go into the workforce later, has a plus in the sense that a trained solder will be a more productive worker hence has more economic benefits.
your videos are very interesting and you are very good explaining. Never thought it was so expensive to live or tour Israel. Hopefully I can visit someday , but for now I'll stay in the Sunshine State. Thanks for the information.
Maybe mention travel convenience between cities with bus / train .etc? Talk about the Rav Kav System I don't know, just my stream of conciousness over here.
Say how it is a diffrent systen in jerusalem than in tel aviv... you can talk about the stations, and how to use / activate your card, and how they sometimes come and check your ticket... egged vs dan, citypass, costs, open vs closed seating... those are just ideas.
Thanks for sharing, Americans (jewish especially) have no idea how hard and expensive it is to live in Israel. Everyone is shocked when I tell my salary!
I am considering making Aliyah from Bulgaria, the cost of rent is shocking! In the centre of the capital Sofia, our 40 m2 apartment with a balcony and garden (on one of the nicest streets in the city) costs 370 euros per month 😂
If you live in a small city in Israel outside the central area, you can find a small apartment for ~800-900 Euro. In the central area its more like 1,200-1,500 Euro. The guy in the video lives in a pretty remote town in Israel.
I was visiting a friend living in Sofia 2 years ago, and the costs were at least 4-6 times less on pretty much everything: clothes, taxis (huge difference), appartments, restaurants, cars, geroceries, fuel.. only thing that seemed to cost less in Israel was healthcare/ health insurance and mobile data plans and thats it.
@@shimonbiton2163 Yes you are absolutely right, most of the mobile providers here are fraudsters actually. A friend from TLV visited here and brought back AstroTurf for his apartment's balcony in his luggage - he said it was almost a tenth of the price of in Israel But, let's see how cheap it is in 2 years after Bulgaria accepts the Euro currency........
Very informative and fascinating to those who have already visited Israel. Hopefully, the times are a-changing as regards trade with your Arab neighbors. Yalla-bye :-)
By the way - it would be great to have you and your family come to the US and be our guests. You work so hard spreading your hospitality let us show you some in return! ( but of course Philadelphia where I am doesn't have the unbelievable natural beauty Israel is so famous for !). Would love to hear about us from your perspective.
Very interesting video, as usual. I would just like to point out (in case it wasn’t obvious to someone) that your two points about there being much greater benefits for having children in Germany than in Israel and also that the birth rate is much higher here are obviously interconnected. If the government would give such lavish benefits here, it would cost us much much more. In Germany, because their birth rates are so low, they use the benefits as a way to encourage people to have children. So the two are intertwined.
it is so funny because as a brazilian (and i guess talking about all latin america) those "problems" are almost "level 1" of what we face around here. i hope to be doing aliyah as soon as i finish collage. thank you so much for the video (and the channel) i watch with all the family gathering at the sofa! toda! 💙
I think that you should have added that a big factor why everything in Israel is expensive and taxes are so so high is because of a huge part of society that voluntary does not work (i.e. ultra orthodox)...
Please don't go on the road of haredi bashing. They are a small percentage of total society and do so much good for Israel, including populating. Almost every chesed organization in israel was founded and runs on orthodox volunteers and fund-raising, so I beg you to be fair and present a full picture if you focus on ultra orthodox population. The media WANTS the public to blame the haredim and slants their coverage with that intention. What we need is love and compassion on all sides. The world is hard and israel is in tremendous crisis with corona right now. Be part of the solution, judge favorably.
It is a factor but it is not a big factor. Of course it is very convenient when one disagrees with a certain lifestyle to blame it for many things, but in this case it is way overblown. It is enough to disagree with it on ideological grounds
I enjoyed watching your videos about Israel as I really really wish I could visit Israel. Though my Malaysian passport does not allow me to visit since Israel is not recognized by my government. If there one thing about Malaysians is we love food! What is the most common/popular foods to eat by locals in Israel? Maybe I'll try them one day. Greetings from Malaysia!
Another great video, Oren. Had to cancel my trip to Israelthis year (thank you, COVID). I'm scheduled to be there again early next year. Can hardly wait!
I saw the topic, and I decided to give it a go and watch, I expected some kind of superficial analysis that will not cover the core, But, surprisingly it was a very good covert of the topic, I share the same understanding as you described.
As an israeli this guy is on point☝️ However there is 2 important things, 1-The hardest thing is a daycare for the children under the age of 3 whitch is 800-1200$ a month and in the first year the mom with the baby so you have only 2 years with that hard expense. 2-in most places of the country u dont need a car(most israelis.have 2🤦♂️),the train is not good like europe,but its fine. israelis just spoil and love luxury,this is part of the culture😂 so basically without daycare +-1000$ and without 2 cars(500$ for each car a month) the cost of living is 1500-2000$
Something to consider compared to the United States is healthcare... the costs shown for healthcare are about what Americans pay just for Medicare, but unlike Israel this doesn’t covers the healthcare for the present, it is only for healthcare in retirement (i.e., potentially decades away, and even then there may be additional premiums like Part B premiums). For current healthcare, Americans have to pay health insurance premiums, plus hefty deductibles. Healthcare costs in the US can add up a lot and medical debt is the biggest reason reason people file for bankruptcy in the United States, while in Israel bankruptcy due to medical debt is almost unheard of.
One reason America is rich (or rather was) because it doesn't spend a dime on its people. They spend a billion dollar on a submarine, while people in the Appalachians don't have teeth by the age of 40 and childcare means that children care for themselves any way they can.
Thank you for this video. Very interesting aspect about Israel. That would be interesting to put this in perspective with how much Israelis subsidize the ultra-orthodox community.
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I live in Israel for a year almost as an ole hadash (new immigrant). Your video are extremely helpful for me to understand my new home. Thanks!
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המלצתי אליך, אל תשתקע כאן יותר מדי. עדיף לברוח לפני שהתרגלת למקום. זה לא משתפר עם הזמן
Don't listen to him he provides partial, and biased info
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משתתף בצערך😂😂
Here in Ireland the cost of living is 18% higher than Berlin. Cost of rent is 29.9% higher in Dublin than Berlin. Transport cost €140.00 a month. 1 bed apartment roughly €1686.00 a month. Internet is €52.00 a month. Car prices cost 1.4 litre golf is €26,000 in Ireland.
Australia isn't far behind Ireland in terms of the cost of living.
@@Tam712 Thats true but a better climate than Ireland as its always windy,damp,raining,cold,snowing all in the one day.
What kind of internet do you get for 52€?
It is high
I have been watching your videos for a few months now. I come from Cornwall, England and have been living in Israel since 1973.
I really enjoy and appreciate your fair and insightful commentaries. In fact I now recommend the videos to both friends and family. Thank you and Shabbat Shalom from Netanya.
As an Israeli who rented an apartment in TelAviv for 5 years, I remember it was usually much cheaper to just take a trip to Europe lol :)
Wow, that is crazy, that situation sounds identical to rent in San Francisco. I can't even buy a house in the area I group at this stage in history anymore.
@@GuyShōtō There's an interesting statistic you can prob. find in a short search for how many salaries a person needs on average to buy his own place, per country.
@@eshvartz Well it's interesting to see that it's not just my region experiencing insane rent despite being the capital of high tech. I'm thinking of moving abroad though so it'll even out for me at least.
@@GuyShōtō Good luck friend, whatever your choice be.
@@eshvartz Thanks. ;)
I emigrated to Israel in 1972 from UK. I always worked in an office using my English skills. Despite all my previous experience, I could never earn very much. Basically, it's because I don't have the Israeli mentality. I retired at age 74. Nearly all of my working life, even when my children were at home, I had to take in lodgers to help with my expenses. Even now that I am retired, I need a roommate to help with my expenses. Many immigrants from Western countries get help from their parents. I, as a single parent, could not have stayed in Israel if I hadn't had help from my family.
You didn't have the mentality because your a good person. I'm a rare good one and you pay a bit for keeping your soul
Suzie, you were blessed to have such wonderful parents. Shalom from Las Cruces, NM
Then move. Its that simple
But you were with your own people on Ancient jewish land; that itself is priceless !
Thanks for sharing… sooo sad!!!
Fantastic and informative! I learned more about Israeli finances in 10 minutes than I have in a lifetime. I now have a greater understanding of how you have to make ends meet. I will have to re-watch some of your videos before I go back. So much useful information to take in. Keep it coming 😊.
Very informative and interesting commentary. Learned a lot of facts about Israel 🇮🇱 that I was not aware of. Oren, it’s good to see that your getting back into your comfort zone and groove. I certainly look forward too many more informative videos. You ask for love! Sounds great 👍 I’m all for love - hugging is good .... LOL Stay safe and I’ll see you in the next video. New Jersey USA 🇺🇸
Man, I just got my flights with ElAl to Israel canceled these days (Corona of course!) - please keep up the good work and deliver some facts for those out of bounds!!!
I lived in Israel for 11 years, until I moved to Canada, living there was amazing, u could have anything that you would want, it sure was a happy childhood, but if you are looking to get rich or just jump up to the next income class (higher income class), you only have a few options, like university, risking it all and commiting crimes, or work two jobs day and night and invest the little bit of money that you have left. overall, its a pretty good life and I want to move back, but I will need a lot more money to do so. Working 6 days every week and more that your usual 9-5 like you would in western countries is not an ideal scenario.
I love your videos, thank you so much!!! We are thinking of doing aliyah in 3 years, so everything you share helps us plan ahead!!
In the early days of the new state of Israel. My father hooked up our wagon to the mule simcha an off we went from our moshav to visit my aunt and uncle in the Kibbutz .For longer trips we took the bus to tel aviv. Having a vehicle was a luxury. My dad had a motorcycle as well.
So interesting as always, your videos never dissapoint!
Thank you very much!
greetings from Poland. שלום
siema z Kanady.
big love to poland from israel brother
Love you polish.
Great tough chads
Love your honesty and your accent. Of course, I subscribed. I love learning and traveling even if this year and next year is not possible. Living in the USA and happy to be here.
Appreciate your work. Thanks very much.
“...At least it was brand new in 2002” 🤣
That car looks pretty good,well preserved.
That bit made me laugh out loud
Hey I also have a brand new Audi A2 or at least it was new in 2002 I just bought it 14 years later 😁
Instablaster.
At least it was new in 2002, that was a good one
Shalom from Puerto Rico to all Israel.
Excellent video , very informative and gives a glimpse of life in Israel !
I think that your chanel about Israel is the most interesting that are here on RUclips!!! Thank you, gretings from Poland
I appreciate your deep and nuanced understanding of things and your dry sense of humor!
Such a lovely wholesome person. You help explain the plight of Isreal and its people well.
As a Czech I can tell you those are some crazy numbers regarding monthly expenses,....
And don't forget that he's living in the desert! His living expenses are very low for Israel!
Thanks again for painting another more complete picture of Israel. Personal economics is a very helpful to way begin to understand a place. I look forward to your presentations and was very happy to see this new video up upon my return from out of town. Still excited about visiting y'all but taking your advice and holding off until better times. Peace.
wow More people need to watch !!!!!
I have. But when it comes to Economy I don't understand a word. 🤔❓
Ok
Because it's 💰
Thank you for your digital trips about this beautiful country and beautiful people and theire history
Informative, great
I don't have a car. But then again (in normal days) I only go to work, I work close to a train station, and I picked an apartment close to another one. Trains in Israel are good as long as they go where you need and have a station close to you. I've used busses for years in my previous work, in university and during my army service and there's always the fear you're just going to miss one, since they could show up at any time. Seeing people trying to chase a bus is not uncommon.
So interesting, please do more videos like this one! Thank you✨
More to come!
I always look forward to your next video! Looking to go back next September.
Very informative. I lived in Israel in late 80 ies.. I am Finnish my ex husband is an Israeli. Now my oldest daughtet lives schon seit 10 Jahre in Berlin. My othet two in Finland. But they do love to visit Israel especially Eilat. My oldest daughter is hining in the Negev just now. We Finns love Israel very much. There is a direct flight every Tuesday from Helsinki to Eilat. I lived also in Germany for about 10 years. I hope to ne able to visit Eilat soon. Haifa is also a beautiful city. We lived there.
Great Work toda raba !
I have been in Israel for 12 years. Comparing big city rents like NY vs Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, the rents would be comparable. If you go out away from the major cities, it is cheaper, and it depends on where you want to live. I don't think everyone needs a car in Israel. For $1.75 you can ride a bus or train within the cities, and a little bit more for intercity travelling, and the cost goes up for really long journeys. It is not the best system, but you can get around pretty easily. Education in Israel is much cheaper when you compare private religious education outside of Israel. The cost of a few hundred dollars in Israel is thousands of dollars outside of Israel. Fruits and vegetables are very cheap here, as well as kosher chicken. Meat is more expensive because it is usually imported from Argentina. Cell phone plans here are very cheap, and all phones have free incoming calls.
@Ezra Yaakov Whether religious education is “better” is a highly subjective proposition. Most secular Israelis would contend that religious education poses an existential threat to the prosperity and wellbeing of the state of Israel thanks to yeshivas churning out tens of thousands of young people every year who have little or no useful skills in a modern economy.
@Ezra Yaakov It’s not about liking or not liking... it’s about contribution to society. That religious education you speak of is funded in large part by taxes which are paid almost entirely by secular Israelis. Given the ever-increasing size of the religious communities thanks to very high birthrates among them, it means that secular Israelis have to fund more and more people who “study” without gaining any skills that they could later use in employment and become tax paying citizens themselves. This is one of the reasons for the high cost of living in Israel.
@Ezra Yaakov Good for you and I hope more of the religious people gain the same attitude.
My main point was about education... to emphasize secular Israelis’ frustration with them funding an educational system for a significant portion of the young people in Israel that doesn’t prepare those people for gainful employment later in life.
Interesting. I'm spending a year in Israel, and find that food costs are a bit pricier than in the US.
I certainly hope you don't need a car in Israel as I don't drive. I like to try the different cuisines available but I really don't care for eating in a restaurant just for its own sake, and certainly nothing that I can get easily here.
Brilliant video as usual and informative
Coming from Australia I tend to agree with you, I have seen in your media how some of your politicians are just in it for themselves, they make ours look good. Very informative, hope to visit one day. Cheers
If I were in Israel i would learn their knowledge, they are very intelligent people
Me and my wife like to watch your videos in Maryland, USA Thanks for keeping us connected.
Boy, things have really changed in Israel since I lived there. i would say, the cost of living has gone up from about $2000/year to about $40.000/year - since about 1970. Just a rough guess! My son and three grandchildren were born there and live there today. It's different in many respects than it was when I lived there before and the same in many ways as well., but so is the USA...
I enjoy your tour, thanks brother 🙏❤💙🙌
The teachers income after expenses are actually higher than what my husband gets paid now. I looked up homes for sale in Israel and they are almost the same price as what we pay right now. So Israel compared to Tennessee life is not much different.
I live in Israel and I grew up in Tennessee! Rocky top will always be sweet home to me ;) Bring your husband and come visit!
Salaries are much different.
Food costs a lot more in Israel! I was shocked in Israeli supermarkets and open air markets by high food costs.
I'm kind of in la la land. I watch your videos because I'm fascinated by your take on Israeli society and tourism. I'm not Israeli but I speak fluent Hebrew because of my Jewish day school education. I haven't been in Israel in many years, and I associate Israel with the bad experiences I endured there in my year in yeshivah, but still love the country and the people.
I dont blame you, some yeshivot are akin to cults. there are many stories of people like you running away from these places due to abuse to places like tel aviv etc and becoming secular and successful. they just showed a story like this not two days ago on national news.
@@ozymandias7592 I’m not secular. I’m modern orthodox. This yeshivah is supposedly modern orthodox also, but not really.
At least you have maternity leave at all. The US doesn’t have that guarantee and the cost of daycare for children under 3 is appx. 1,200 a month per child.
Thanks for the great information! Life long dream to visit Israel. Much love from Lynchburg, Virginia USA!
Very clear and accurate information. Thanks for posting.
I've watch this video twice. I love Israel. Been there once for 25 days. Would love to return :)
that is very helpful, thank you so much, God bless.
Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺 Thanks 🤗
This Oren? guy is very good. He uses YT in a constructive way. So many people who comment, have not posted a single video - makes them look like idle consumers. But Oren needs the views, so it's all OK.
Brand new car 2002. A good one but I can do better!
I bought a brand new 1996 Holden Commodore V6 4 litre!
Thanks for the video and costs of living. It's a tough gig there in Israel.
A honest life making ends meet.
Thank you.
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I bought a nice black 2007 Mustang GT V8 here in Israel (was my dream car) .... had it for 4 years and sold it last year for the same money i paid for it.
Couldnt of done that in Oz.
They dont have them there ,.,, hahahaha
Mustangs are definitely available in Australia Jay... Just saying 😁
They cost a fortune though
@@normlieberman372
Not the 2007 bullet shape that i had
They never imported them into Oz but did to israel..
I know cause i looked for parts 5 years ago when i wan in Melbourne....was none
@@freejay3 What is OZ,thanks.
@@josesuarez7452 australia ... where Holden Commodores come from
Thanks for one more good video! I live in Israel and find your videos very helpful to share with friends who want to know about life here.
I am always excited for a new video. Expanded my knowlegde about Israel so much. If someone ask me: "Where do you know that from?" I always say: "RUclips." And mean your channel. I hope I will travel to Israel anytime soon. Greetings from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Danke! Ich freue mich!
I don't feel so bad about my taxes in the UK now! Thanks for posting, good to get info on day to day Israeli life.
I just resently found your channel (while channel surfing). Very interesting. I've been to Israel twice and when $$$ allows I hope to visit again. God bless you and your family, stay safe.
I studied in the university for 2 years in Tel Aviv. Only having 2 big dogs and feeding and housing myself; I was struggling- even with the generous studying benefits from Finland (around 1100e/month).
When it comes to babies; the cultural shift can be seeing in the ideology connected to family. Most of the Western world this is not the case. Israel is a mixture of the West, East and South. I have also couple of videos of Israel- of course not as good as this! :)
Western world is full of selfishness 😢😢😢
Truthful and Informative
This is the first video that I watch from you,and I loved,excellent description on the life in Israel today,I saw the sincerity in your explanations and expresions,I will visit Israel first time maybe next year,I learn a lot from this video,living there is too expensive for me and I am not young,congratulations,keep the good work!!
Welcome aboard!
This is still pretty relevant...I have been here for the last 3 years and just discovered this channel. He gives good background and trends which are still accurate. Amazing people, amazing place...things are different here...so be it
I spent a year in Jerusalem as a student at Hebrew U and also the Rubin Academy, in 1971-72. Israel was very inexpensive then as my father would send me $100 a month and that covered all my expenses. Tuition was only $500, much less than at college in the States. Israel was a developing country still, and I think they wanted young Western people from the US and Canada to make aliyah and this one year program was to show the best side of Israel without the responsibilities of being an ezrach, a citizen. Now Israel is very expensive and you have to be wealthy from selling a house in America to live in Israel.
I spent my working years in a New York law firm and was able to retire earlier than I had planned, but I have a nest egg of $1 million dollars, plus Social Security of $1800 going up 8% next year. I am living comfortably, and practice Ivrit and music on my own. You can't compare, but life in a low cost city in the US where I live you just have a much better standard of living.
Thank you for the video. You deserve the respect for your ability to present evidences of reality not mixed up with personal opinions we all have. עבודה יפה
You forget to mention that theres a 60% tax on car - which means we pay more then a double on car compared to other country's (thats why you driving a 18 year old car)
Plus , gas price in israel is one of the highest in the world(also because of high tax on gas).
And theres a yearly fee you need to pay if you own a car which can go from 285 usd for a small and old car like your one to 1300 usd for big pickup trucks)
the cost of living is very high over here , I live in Tel Aviv I would never stay here if I did not work in the high tech sector.. The food is 30% more expensive for the same products in a super market and the real estate is the same as in Paris. You cannot live decently in that city for less than 3000 euros Net monthly for a single person. I try to buy as much as I can overseas when i get to travel Also Israelis buy online a lot..
Those high living costs are unfortunate, especially for parents with children. When I lived in Israel during 1978-79 living costs were being impacted by an inflation rate of about 30%. But exchanging U.S. dollars only when necessary made my living there quite reasonable, roughly equivalent to the small-town U.S.
The comment about mandatory service that means people go into the workforce later, has a plus in the sense that a trained solder will be a more productive worker hence has more economic benefits.
One day I will come to live in Israel for good!!
you are most welcome !
good, maybe you should take a spot of an Arab that has been displaced from homeland and moved somewhere else because of people like you
Did you go?
your videos are very interesting and you are very good explaining. Never thought it was so expensive to live or tour Israel. Hopefully I can visit someday , but for now I'll stay in the Sunshine State. Thanks for the information.
Shalom from Brasil
Maybe mention travel convenience between cities with bus / train .etc?
Talk about the Rav Kav System
I don't know, just my stream of conciousness over here.
When I will understand the Rav Kav system I promise to make a video about it :-)
Say how it is a diffrent systen in jerusalem than in tel aviv... you can talk about the stations, and how to use / activate your card, and how they sometimes come and check your ticket... egged vs dan, citypass, costs, open vs closed seating... those are just ideas.
Thanks for sharing, Americans (jewish especially) have no idea how hard and expensive it is to live in Israel. Everyone is shocked when I tell my salary!
I Love Israeli Women
@@garywickman2659 Well done. That's the spirit.
Michele you look beautiful.
I am considering making Aliyah from Bulgaria, the cost of rent is shocking! In the centre of the capital Sofia, our 40 m2 apartment with a balcony and garden (on one of the nicest streets in the city) costs 370 euros per month 😂
If you live in a small city in Israel outside the central area, you can find a small apartment for ~800-900 Euro.
In the central area its more like 1,200-1,500 Euro.
The guy in the video lives in a pretty remote town in Israel.
It's really depand what your job skills are.. but if you making official aliya you get help in the first 3 years
I was visiting a friend living in Sofia 2 years ago, and the costs were at least 4-6 times less on pretty much everything: clothes, taxis (huge difference), appartments, restaurants, cars, geroceries, fuel.. only thing that seemed to cost less in Israel was healthcare/ health insurance and mobile data plans and thats it.
@@shimonbiton2163 Yes you are absolutely right, most of the mobile providers here are fraudsters actually. A friend from TLV visited here and brought back AstroTurf for his apartment's balcony in his luggage - he said it was almost a tenth of the price of in Israel But, let's see how cheap it is in 2 years after Bulgaria accepts the Euro currency........
Run dude
Always great videos, thank you
Love your videos. From Toronto
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for a interesting video - may you and your family be forever blessed
Same to you!
Very interesting thank you.
Good !!!! 👍👍🙂
Very informative and fascinating to those who have already visited Israel. Hopefully, the times are a-changing as regards trade with your Arab neighbors. Yalla-bye :-)
You should do part II of this topic. I’d like to know more.
Just don't make Aliyah
תודה רבה!טוב מוד...
It's טוב מאוד.
Thank you for a well thought-out and informative video --- learned a lot! :-)
Very interesting and helpful video
By the way - it would be great to have you and your family come to the US and be our guests. You work so hard spreading your hospitality let us show you some in return! ( but of course Philadelphia where I am doesn't have the unbelievable natural beauty Israel is so famous for !). Would love to hear about us from your perspective.
Thanks!
An interesting and informative video (I live in Israel) - according to XE currency converter the exchange rate is 3.38 ILS to the US$.
On my 9 day tour of Israel, I found it quite expensive,so much more than living there.
Very interesting. I may have missed it, but I don't think so. I would love to hear about health care cost for a family.
It's free if you pay your taxes.
Nor realy free but very very low cost for a month
great explanation and easy to understand breakdown..thanks🙏
Very informative and credible. I eagerly await your video (Greek American).
Very interesting video, as usual. I would just like to point out (in case it wasn’t obvious to someone) that your two points about there being much greater benefits for having children in Germany than in Israel and also that the birth rate is much higher here are obviously interconnected. If the government would give such lavish benefits here, it would cost us much much more. In Germany, because their birth rates are so low, they use the benefits as a way to encourage people to have children. So the two are intertwined.
I want to clarify that women also have mandatory service, but it's only about 2 years, instead of 3 like men have
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it is so funny because as a brazilian (and i guess talking about all latin america) those "problems" are almost "level 1" of what we face around here. i hope to be doing aliyah as soon as i finish collage. thank you so much for the video (and the channel) i watch with all the family gathering at the sofa! toda! 💙
Thanks for sharing!
My friends In Brazil 🇧🇷 are in a bad shape
Como vai . What is your first name ? Was in São Paulo few times .
Why? Whats wrong with brazil?
yeah,, From 9:55 to 10:22, same problem here in Argentina
I think that you should have added that a big factor why everything in Israel is expensive and taxes are so so high is because of a huge part of society that voluntary does not work (i.e. ultra orthodox)...
I will talk about it in the next video..
Please don't go on the road of haredi bashing. They are a small percentage of total society and do so much good for Israel, including populating. Almost every chesed organization in israel was founded and runs on orthodox volunteers and fund-raising, so I beg you to be fair and present a full picture if you focus on ultra orthodox population. The media WANTS the public to blame the haredim and slants their coverage with that intention. What we need is love and compassion on all sides. The world is hard and israel is in tremendous crisis with corona right now. Be part of the solution, judge favorably.
@@karenpichel2247 they just spread covid19
It is a factor but it is not a big factor. Of course it is very convenient when one disagrees with a certain lifestyle to blame it for many things, but in this case it is way overblown. It is enough to disagree with it on ideological grounds
Informative and interesting, thank you 😊
Informative.
Thanks!
I enjoyed watching your videos about Israel as I really really wish I could visit Israel. Though my Malaysian passport does not allow me to visit since Israel is not recognized by my government.
If there one thing about Malaysians is we love food! What is the most common/popular foods to eat by locals in Israel? Maybe I'll try them one day.
Greetings from Malaysia!
I hope that Malaysia will be one of the next countries to recognize Israel. I promise to make videos about food!
Thanks for the video. I am from India. We Indians love Israel! I wish we two countries were neighbors..
Another great video, Oren. Had to cancel my trip to Israelthis year (thank you, COVID). I'm scheduled to be there again early next year. Can hardly wait!
I can tell you Stuff in tel Aviv is pricey
I saw the topic, and I decided to give it a go and watch, I expected some kind of superficial analysis that will not cover the core, But, surprisingly it was a very good covert of the topic, I share the same understanding as you described.
Toda!
As an israeli this guy is on point☝️
However there is 2 important things,
1-The hardest thing is a daycare for the children under the age of 3 whitch is 800-1200$ a month and in the first year the mom with the baby so you have only 2 years with that hard expense.
2-in most places of the country u dont need a car(most israelis.have 2🤦♂️),the train is not good like europe,but its fine.
israelis just spoil and love luxury,this is part of the culture😂
so basically without daycare +-1000$ and without 2 cars(500$ for each car a month)
the cost of living is 1500-2000$
Something to consider compared to the United States is healthcare... the costs shown for healthcare are about what Americans pay just for Medicare, but unlike Israel this doesn’t covers the healthcare for the present, it is only for healthcare in retirement (i.e., potentially decades away, and even then there may be additional premiums like Part B premiums). For current healthcare, Americans have to pay health insurance premiums, plus hefty deductibles. Healthcare costs in the US can add up a lot and medical debt is the biggest reason reason people file for bankruptcy in the United States, while in Israel bankruptcy due to medical debt is almost unheard of.
One reason America is rich (or rather was) because it doesn't spend a dime on its people. They spend a billion dollar on a submarine, while people in the Appalachians don't have teeth by the age of 40 and childcare means that children care for themselves any way they can.
Thank you for this video. Very interesting aspect about Israel.
That would be interesting to put this in perspective with how much Israelis subsidize the ultra-orthodox community.
*Hi your videos are very good and informative. Thank you 😊 Shalom from India! ✡️🇮🇱🇮🇳*
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