Aliyah With Nefesh B’Nefesh

Last year, Aliza Shore, 17, was on vacation in northern Israel when one of her cousins pulled out a football and started tossing it around.

From April to September, almost every day in Israel is sunny. Even when a few clouds appear in the sky, they are rarely followed by rain.

“Where did the week go?” Nina Spiro, a new Olah in her 80s often says to her husband, Ron on Friday mornings.

Video: Ronald & Shelley Sommer Speak About Their Aliyah

Moving to a new country and acclimating to a whole new healthcare system can be challenging. After all, finally understanding your birth country’s healthcare system was a feat in and of itself.

At 61, Deborah Fineblum, mother of three and grandmother of eight, decided that now was the time to make Aliyah.

Early on in your Aliyah, there’s one thing you’re definitely going to need to do: go food shopping. Israel’s shopping venues may be similar to what you’re used to--or drastically different.

When Yael Maizels was a research fellow at Cornell University, she knew she wouldn’t be having children in the US.

This Thanksgiving, Daniel and Chavi Eisenberg are thankful to have finally made it to Israel.

With three children in Jewish day schools in Canada, Stephen Epstein found the tuition prices prohibitive.