aliyah

A total of 7,000 new immigrants had arrived since October 7, including those seeking to enlist in the IDF and the parents of fallen soldiers.

It is always good to remember that Jews come in all shapes and sizes, including the elderly, the infirmed, the socially inept, the financially challenged.

We need any Jew who can assist on the ground; though Israel is a strong country, it doesn't make us weaker to speak up and ask our brothers and sisters around the world for their assistance.

Leah embraces the words of one of her many beloved rabbis and teachers who encourages people to “be where history is being written” – in Israel.

Bezalel Smotrich said out of three pillars of Zionism – security, settlement, and Aliyah – the third had been neglected in recent years, and the new plan was a symbol of its renewed importance.

Natan texted Aliza that same week. “She suggested the venue for our first date – Nadi Café in Jerusalem. I had never eaten a meal on a first date before, but I thought: ‘Why not?’”

Hannah Schwarcz was in New York on October 7 and didn't find out about the massacre until October 8. By October 9, she was back in Israel to rejoin her IDF unit.

Yair and Eitan are being held hostage in Gaza since the morning of October 7.

It might seem like a huge jump from being an OB/GYN to a successful entrepreneur to an epoxy craftsman, but Alvin Schamroth sees each as expressing a different part of himself.