Tag: aliyah

Don’t let Your Aliyah Experience Become Soured by Unmet Expectations

  Don’t let Your Aliyah Experience Become Soured by Unmet Expectations By Ariella Bracha Waldinger I have heard it said that expectations are like a glass of milk. Sometimes it's refreshing, satisfying and energizing and other times, it goes sour and leaves a bad taste. Aliyah to Israel automatically comes with its own set of... Continue Reading →

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Make Your Life Count: Make Aliyah Today

PARSHA BAMIDBAR: MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT by Ariella Bracha Waldinger "Count the heads of the congregation of Israel according to their families, according to their father’s  houses, by the number of the names, every male according to the head count". (Bamidbar 1:2) Parshat Bamidbar is primarily about counting the people of Israel and recording the... Continue Reading →

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Six English-Speaking Olim win Bonei Zion Award for Outstanding Contributions to Israel

Congratulations to the six olim recently honored with the 2014 Bonei Zion Award. They are: Joseph Gitler, founder of Leket, an anti-hunger and food bank non-profit, Rebbetzin Malka Bina, who founded Matan College, Yossi Abramowitz, a renewable energy entrepreneur, Dr. Jeffrey Hosdorf, Professor at Tel Aviv University and Sourasky Medical Center, Ya'akov Kirschen, a comic... Continue Reading →

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Thinking You Can’t Make Aliyah?

"Anyone who says you cannot make a living in Israel--this is a true statement for a person without emunah. Israel is the land of emunah!  In Eretz Yisrael our income doesn't come from our work...the economic laws of chutz l'aretz don't apply to the Land of Israel...everything here defies logic.." In a few short minutes,... Continue Reading →

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RABBI SHLOMO AVINER: LOVER OF ZION

RABBI SHLOMO AVINER: LOVER OF ZION by Ariella Bracha Waldinger Rabbi Shlomo Aviner has an amazing history of service to the nation of Israel. Born in German-occupied Lyon, France in 1943, he was spared deportation by being hidden under a false identity. As a young man, he was active in the religious Zionist youth movement,... Continue Reading →

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FLICKERING FIREWORKS FOR FREEDOM

FLICKERING FIREWORKS FOR FREEDOM By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Fireworks have been used for hundreds of years for cultural and religious events.  In fact the earliest documented use dates back to 7th century China, where they were invented. Who is not moved by the spectacle of the glittering, shimmering lights of a fireworks display with its... Continue Reading →

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