On my Facebook timeline this morning I was reminded of my horrible experience two years ago. It started on mother's day when on the first minutes of mother's day around midnight I found myself in an ambulance headed to the ER due to being extremely ill. After a long day in the ER, I was admitted to the hospital.
In the process of all this I forgot to bring a charger for my phone or my wallet. But I had my phone. So I thought no worries, I'll just contact the cult. They talked constantly about how helpful they are. A high holiday lecture given by the rabbi about how we always meet people's needs. Multiple times a week hearing about Hesed and how the Hesed team would always be there for you.
So I reached out. And was quickly told this isn't on the "list' of things they do. I posted on facebook hoping the many other members on my page would see it and help out. It was only a 40 minute drive. Not a big ask for people who claimed to be so helpful. Lots of likes and hug icons though.
About 1,700 households were members in the cult. Yet not one showed up. Not one cell phone charger. Not one visitor. Not one offer for a ride home. I worried about if I would just be left stranded outside on some bench by the hospital and just get sick all over again, without food water and shelter. I thought about if there was a way I could walk the several miles back to my house despite still being ill. A doctor stepped in and found a nurse with a charge that could charge my phone. My brother ended up paying uber remotely to take me home after my 3 day stay.
When I brought up the experience I was constantly gaslighted about it. People would say why didn't you contact Hesed(I did)? And then ask me if I did it correctly. Another person said why didn't you pay someone to pick up a phone and then rudely commented on how much money they perceived I had which wasn't even accurate. What nobody did was admit the failure. What nobody did was question the cult. They questioned me instead.
Ironically, what I came to learn was that one of the biggest lies the cult tells you to keep you in the cult is that they will help you when in need. And they also make you feel like no one else will. They turn you into someone who is so desperate to not be abandoned you will side with them in committing genocide.
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