Posts Tagged: Aliyah
Aliyah: A Year In Israel
JNS.org - Exactly six years ago, when I was just 18 years old, I wrote as my Facebook status, “Doesn’t want to go home tomorrow :( I...
Reflecting on My First ‘Aliyahniversary’
JNS.org - Here we are — a year after my aliyah date — which means I am no longer a “new” immigrant, but rather, just an...
Tunisian Jews Fleeing Terror-Torn Country Digging Up Remains of Loved Ones for Reburial in Israel
As Jews from the Tunisian island of Djerba flee to Israel over the country's worsening security situation, many families are digging up the remains of their...
Rabbi Who Recently Immigrated to Israel Recounts Son’s Near-Death Experience After Palestinian Terrorist Opens Fire on Bus
A prominent New York City rabbi who moved to Israel in 2015, and whose teenage son narrowly escaped death on Saturday night when a terrorist opened...
The Best and Worst Parts of Having a Bad Cold in Israel
JNS.org - Spring has sprung in Israel! And with it, a bad virus that everybody seems to be getting! Joy. Well, it’s not the first time I’ve...
Take One Small Step Towards Aliyah
We’ve all felt it. At one moment or another, anyone who ever visited Israel has had their breath taken away. It could be emerging from the...
Israel to Increase Funds for Anticipated Wave of Immigration From Brazil
Israel will increase funding for the absorption of Jewish immigrants from Brazil, the Hebrew news site nrg reported on Monday. The government is expected to give at...
A Peculiar Attitude Towards Judaism in the Jewish Agency for Israel
Since 2002, I have been intimately involved with new olim, or new immigrants to Israel, from all over the world. Being a rabbi, I am...
A Staycation in Tel Aviv
JNS.org - Although the bus ride from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv is just about one hour, stepping off the bus seems like stepping into a completely...
The Odyssey of My First Israeli Haircut
JNS.org - Never having gotten my hair cut in Israel before, I was mildly concerned about finding a good place for a cut and some highlights....
A Big Fat Israeli Wedding
JNS.org - If you think your Jewish reunions are big, try a gathering with two Jewish families put together, plus friends from nearly every continent. And, with the...
Celebrating New Year’s Eve in Jerusalem
JNS.org - The first time I was in Jerusalem for New Year’s Eve, it was 2011/2012 during my college winter break. When the clock struck midnight,...
Israeli Columnist Applauded at Haaretz Conference for Calling Aliyah a Crime
A veteran Haaretz columnist was applauded at the Israeli daily's conference this week in New York, after calling Jewish immigration to Israel (aliyah) a crime, the...
Living in Israel and Visiting America Inspire Self-Reflection
JNS.org - As I sit on a bench at the First Station in Jerusalem, just about to leave Israel for a weeklong conference in the U.S.,...
