[RBS] Hiring an Arab to do Contract Work

[Phil'n'Chanie Rosenfelder]

apologies for the typos.   if this is hard to read, i will correct adn
re-send.


On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Phil'n'Chanie Rosenfelder <
philnchanie at gmail.com> wrote:

> well how many of us personally are willign to do that kind of physical
> work, and for competitively low  little pay?  (side note: oen english
> speakign israeli contractor ahs a very ill son, so that migh tb esomeoen
> youwere trying to contact)
> but rememebr, they can live off a lower salary for a reason
>
> Many arabs work "under teh table", don't pay taxes, supplement their
> salaries by building their own homes with equipment adn materials taken
> from their places of work, with no law enforcement (ie, THEY dont; need to
> pay for an ishur, architect or engineer oin order to build THEIR homes...
> stolen cars are a real industry "over teh green line" (when our car was
> stolen, we knew within 20 mintues.  We called the police who said "we are
> not goign to chase it, it's in hevron by now"
>
> The fact is, it is cheaper to hire people from any of the "communities" in
> which the law has no hold , and this makes it very challenging to hold by
> one's principles and also to find workers who hold by principles.
>
> The only comfort is that we all knwo that it costs us more time and money
> to keep many othe rmitzvot, and Gd will take care fo "rewards" for our
> efforts.   But in daily life, that can be a hard thign to keep in front of
> our eyes....
>
> BH, there are at least soem wonderful house painters, in BS and elsewhere,
> who hire onyl Jewish labour, and give proper receipts.  But, like kosher
> food, they cost more
>
> Yehi Ratzon that we shoud be zoche to a legislative body that makes ALL
> populations in Israel answer to Israeli law. (without that, ish et achiv,
> hayim bla'o)
>   Bimheira v'yameinu, amen
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Catriel Lev <clev at actcom.com> wrote:
>
>> It seems that Marsha has hit upon an important point which is often
>> missed with so many people being interested only in throwing around
>> political statements about this issue!
>>
>>
>> The most important way to achieve "Jewish Labor" is for Jews to be
>> willing to perform straightforward, honest work! If Marsha has to run after
>> Jewish contractors for quotes and the like just for them to be willing to
>> be gainfully employed in renovating her home, something is wrong with their
>> standards of labor!
>>
>>
>> I hope that we can develop (or have already developed, but they just did
>> contact Marsha) true Jewish professionals in the various fields involving
>> "plain old labor". Once those type of Jewish professionals become widely
>> known, there should be no problem in finding good Jewish labor to hire.
>>
>>
>> I believe that developing and publicizing such Jewish professionals will
>> be much more effective than empty debate of political-racial issues.
>>
>>
>> כתריאל לב
>> טלפון: 02-991-4332
>> טל' נייד: 050-205-7867
>> Catriel Lev
>> Telephone: 972-2-991-4332
>> Mobile Phone: 972-50-205-7867
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: rbs-bounces at cs.huji.ac.il [mailto:rbs-bounces at cs.huji.ac.il] On
>> Behalf Of marsha twersky
>> Sent: Monday, 09 July, 2012 08:40
>> To: Beit Shemesh; Ramat Beit Shemesh
>> Subject: [RBS] Why I may have to hire an Arab to do contract work in my
>> home...
>>
>> I contacted three English speaking Israelis to get a quote for contract
>> work in my home.
>> Only one actually came to take notes on the project.
>> None have provided me with a quote and this has been going on for a long
>> time.
>> Probably, if I contact a reference for an Arab worker that someone
>> recommended, he'd come, give me a quote, and it will probably be cheaper,
>> and he'll actually do the work.
>> What choice would I have?
>>
>>
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