Aliyah, the Israeli equivalent of immigraton, is the name given to the legal process of obtaining citizenship and residency by moving to the State of Israel.
Aliyah (rise up) is a process available to Jews worldwide who can prove their Jewish heritage to the Israeli government.
It is one of the fundamental tenets of Zionism, and is encouraged and incentivized by the Israeli government and by organizations such as Nefesh B'Nefesh that help new olim by granting financial aid packages and guidance to ease the assimilation into Israeli culture.
While Jews immigrated at a steady rate to Israel throughout the country's history, there were few notably massive immigration waves over time, bringing in Jews from all over the world.
“I learned Hebrew. I became a Zionist. Israel got into my blood, and I knew Israel was going to be in my life somehow,” she says.
The oleh identity is unique. Maybe that’s the cost of choosing a new home – you have to live with the ghost of the old.
Author, writer, photographer, speaker, and marketer Laura Ben-David is a star of the Anglo-Israeli community. A photography exhibition of her images shared her story.
The writer: 'The nonverbal world is very different from ours; it is unfair to expect them to fit into our patterns.'
Rabbi Fass and Tony Gelbart to speak on Aliyah, national service, and Zionist education at key NY gathering.
In the early years of her aliyah, Lapidus had to work because the family’s financial situation was difficult and she needed to support herself.
Capa's tumultuous and all-too-brief life symbolizes the cosmopolitan and tragic Central European milieu of Budapest Jewry in the 20th century.
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Jerusalem is seen as part of the Jewish experience by the its municipality. “Aliyah to Jerusalem is the story of the Jewish people”.
When we first visited Ulpana Ofra some 30 years ago with the program, we noted how the staff showed great personal interest in the students.
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