Making aliyah

Mark Feldman founded Ziontours Jerusalem and writes a column for The Jerusalem Post, The Travel Advisor, focusing on travel from the viewpoint of the consumer.

For more than 70 years, Hensha had an ongoing relationship with Israel from afar, until finally, two years ago, at the age of 87, she decided to fulfill a dream, and made aliyah. 

It was the Law of Return that allowed Mulchanov and his brother to make aliyah independently and join the IDF. This law permits any Jew, or even a grandchild of a Jew, to obtain Israeli citizenship.

The Knesset Israel's story is a courageous odyssey of immigration, with many Holocaust survivors fighting the odds to get to Israel.

Racheli Adler: “My family knew that when I came to Israel for a gap year, I wasn’t returning. My parents built their life in a way that as soon as we were all here, they’d be able to come, too.”

Zehava wants to finish her degree and find meaningful work at a company in which she can use her potential and influence her environment.

Israel has seen a decrease in immigrants making aliyah from Western countries while aliyah from Russia and Ukraine has increased.

UK-born Dov Newmark, now living in Modi'in, has helped guide more than 6,000 people on their journey home to Israel, a country where they can live out their Zionist dreams.

Maybe Herzl would have been impressed by the state we established, but we in the World Zionist Organization know that the work is far from over.

Diamonds have been the passion and the key to his successful aliyah, and Wolff adds that the process by which diamonds are formed is akin to life in Israel.