and then there's this....Someone who actually served in both the US and Israeli militaries, told me it was easier to be a religious Jew in the US army. That's sad....
Forced shaving
Forced kol Isha concert
Etc...
After the various controversies regarding the ceremony held Wednesday night, I was intrigued to find out על מה יצא הקצף, and scanned through a recording.
I was shocked to find out that, contrary to my preconceived notion that current day zionists are devoid from the original ideology, and just practice מנהג אבותיהם בידיהם, it seems like the original ideology is ר״ל alive and kicking (at least amongst those who run the show).
What a chillul Hashem is the fact that any minor event in the US has שם שמים mentioned and acknowledged infinitely more than it was (not) in that ceremony.
With all due respect to good actions of Mr Meshi-Zahav, I am not so certain that he has not been inflicted with the כוחי ועוצם ידי bug of zionism. As a matter of fact, he probably didn't transform that much. True נטורי קרתא as defined by חז״ל are those that are busy learning Torah. Not everyone has the זיץ פלייש to do that, and some people just enjoy what they call in Israel אקשן. In the past it might have been ״נטורי קרתא״ demonstrations, and now it just takes other forms (and is passed on to the next generation).
For a better thought through analysis and approach, one should probably refer to
http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/history/tnuot/yahadut-2.htm