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Aliyah to Israel is the most exciting, fascinating, emotional and spiritual move that a person can make. While many people move for economic reasons, family attachments, or education, there are few places in the world like Israel where people move, voluntarily, for religious, spiritual, and/or idealistic reasons. This makes Israel unique and aliya to Israel even more unique.

While the journey is thrilling and even scary, the journey doesn't end upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport in Israel. In fact, at that point, the journey has really just begun. A person is considered a new oleh (new immigrant to Israel) long after the suitcases are unpacked, the lift arrives, and the kids' Hebrew surpasses your own. At this point I have been living in Israel four and a half years, and people still say, "Oh, you're still a new oleh". If they were to define my "new oleh" status by my accent when I speak Hebrew, I would probably always be a new oleh!

I love living in Israel. I love the Land of Israel, the Israeli people, the deep Jewish history that permeates every inch of the land, everything! Do I ever get angry, frustrated, want to throw out all of my Hebrew mail without reading any of it? Yes, yes, and YES. But despite the challenges that are built into Aliyah, it is worth every minute of it. Children grow up with a true knowledge of their heritage, and their future. And they are invited to be an integral part of that future. As are all of you. No RSVP necessary - the invitation is Divine - and it is always open.

~Laura