100 Tips for Succesful Aliyah & Klita

(The following list is compiled by Ronda Israel, who made aliyah many years ago and helps other follow in her footsteps. She coordinates the group pilot trip for AACI)

100 Tips for Successful Aliyah & Klita

Everything you need to know about aliyah and didn’t know you should ask!!!

By Ronda Israel

Modi’in, Israel

Everyone who has made aliyah will be glad to give you aliyah advice. And as we all know everyone’s experiences are different. I have compiled a revised “100 Tips” for you to read BEFORE you pack your suitcases and seal your lift. I hope that there will be many tips you can use that suit your family. Good luck with your aliyah plans, start decluttering your life and come home soon‼!

1. When packing your suitcases for your aliyah make sure you take essential clothing, medicines, personal toiletries, games, books, toys and linens to get you thru at least a week or two in case your lift is delayed or stuck in a port strike.

2. Put all your important documents, copies of important papers, valuables and copies of prescriptions in your carry-on and make sure it stays with you throughout the trip. Put a copy of all these documents you are carrying in each person’s suitcase in case a suitcase gets lost or left behind.

3. Before you leave the USA, ask your current USA car insurance company for a letter that states you, and each person who are current drivers, have not been in any accidents for 3 years (if this is true). Your Israeli car insurance agent can get you a lower insurance rate if you have this letter. When you go for car insurance remind the agent of this.

Departing On Our Pilot Trip

Tommorrow morning we depart on our pilot trip to Israel.

Nefesh B'Nefesh In Baltimore Jan. 12

Making Aliyah: You Can Do It

(The following is an old post that I found from the blog Aliyah Revolution by Goel Jasper.  The blog isn't really updated all that often but I thought this post was particularly relevent, especially considering that I will be making a pilot trip to Israel in 2 weeks to see if we will make aliyah this summer)

I had the privilege of speaking with a Tehilla Pilot Trip group the other day, and the following is the talk I delivered. Comments always welcome!

You know, I often have the privilege of speaking to groups of people that are somewhere along the process of making Aliyah. Sometimes, I speak to those who are already here. Sometimes, to those who are still over there.

Is Antisemitism in the U.S. A Sign To Make Aliyah?

Here are two top stories today of blatant antisemtisim that happenned in the U.S.  Germany was the golden land for yidden and so was Spain before things went sour.  According to Rav Kook and the author of "Eim Habanim Semeicha," Hashem will always make goyim attack yidden in galus to inspire the yidden to make aliyah.  Like Rivkah Adler was quoted as saying in the Baltimore Jewish Times (see here): "...Dr. Adler said she believes such recent developments as the economic downturn and President Obama’s election demonstrate that “God is closing the doors for Jewish life in America, to bring on the redemption and bring us home."

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Blatantly Anti-Semitic Exchange on C-Span

Excerpt: A caller on a C-Span interview program Monday complained about "all these Jews" having "way too much power" in America and pushing the U.S. into wars with the Muslim world.

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Arab Shouts 'Kill Jews' on Miami Plane

Excerpt: An Arab airline passenger in Miami shouted "I want to kill all the Jews!" before police forced him off a Northwest Airlines plane in Florida Wednesday night, the Associated Press reported.