Translatable but Debatable: קליטה (klita)

Businesses perform קליטה all the time, as they bring in new employees, so some businesses adopt the word absorption and it’s got to rub an English-speaking recruit the wrong way.  We don’t so much mind being absorbed into the noble Jewish state, but to think of  your identity dissolving around the edges as you become part of, say, Srigamish? — It may be a fine company but the concept is disturbing.

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