Ask the "crazy" settler

We actually have dual citizenship. We vote in American elections as well as Israeli elections.

Because as Orthodox Jews, we feel we belong in Israel. It felt hypocritical, to me, to pray every day about returning to Israel without doing it. This is where we belong. We feel the quality of life is better here. I can go by my Hebrew name, and everyone can pronounce it and knows what it means. We live by a Hebrew calendar here, so we don’t worry about working on Shabbat or holidays. My kids are bilingual, and have much more freedom here than the could have in the U.S.

The media seems to have deemed everyone living over the green line a settler. This is just how it is.