Posts Tagged: moving to Israel
Do Jews Only Learn From Catastrophe?
Nineteenth century philosopher Max Nordau once reportedly told Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky that Jews don't learn by reason, but by catastrophe. They won't buy an...
The Ingathering of the Exiles Is Not Over
Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai is not the only public figure to have stopped seeing the ingathering of the exiles as a national goal. This is...
French Olim Help Fill Needed Health Care Gaps in Northern Israel
JNS.org - As a wave of Islamist terror directed at churches and priests raises religious tensions in France, a special group of recent French immigrants...
You Don’t Have to Be a Zionist to Make Aliyah
JNS.org - When I made aliyah, I was not a Zionist. It’s a strange fact to share, as most people know me as a proud American-Jew-become-Israeli...
Moving to Israel Amid European Antisemitism
JNS.org - A total of 140 new olim (“immigrants”) from France arrived in Israel recently, and were welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport by Pnina Tamano-Shata,...
Aliyah: Living the Zionist Dream and Building the Modern State
JNS.org - When I met Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) founder and president Sarah Stern in late 2019, I had my aliyah visa in hand and...
‘Aliyah’ Seems to Be the Hardest Word
JNS.org - At its three-day board of governors meeting in Jerusalem this week, the Jewish Agency for Israel, which recently turned 90, revealed a new...
2018: The Year to Make Aliyah?
The founders of modern Israel came from contrasting ideological movements. Since their dispersion into exile, Jews who for centuries endured Christian and Muslim persecution, maintained spiritual (and...
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...
