Aliyah Book | KIDS MAKE ALIYAH TOO - real kids talk about their Aliyah to Israel

Shira, 17 came on Aliyah at age 12 1/2

First of all, make sure to pick the school that is right for you. Once you have chosen your school, if you find that it isn't right for you, don't be afraid to make a switch, and don't be lazy saying, "It's only for a few years anyway." Even one year can make a big difference! Also, speak Hebrew. For 4 years I made the mistake of not using Hebrew and it really hurt me. This year I began to speak Hebrew and everything changed. I just received my first great report card since I am living in Israel. It is even better than the last report card I got in America!

I did it; you can too!

Lexi, 15 came on Aliyah at age 11

Aliyah!!!! Wow what to say about Aliyah how do I explain it!!!!! Amazing, sad, exciting, interesting, confusing, and hard!!

Here are some things I suggest for pre aliyah.... Try hard to get for yourself a pen pal who's your age and lives in the place you're looking to move to. My aliya was very hard but I guess I knew it was the right thing to do so I just tried to get used to it! It was really hard to leave all my friends and family but you make new friends and you get involved with different kinds of activities and soon enough you'll see you have a ton of friends. I also recommend to go to some kind of youth group. There's a bunch of different kinds of things like Bnei Akiva, Ariel, Ezra depends where you live. Israel is amazing and for some kids it takes time and some get used to it right away. It's a really cool place...

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Shira outside her new home in Israel.	Shira, 17 came on Aliyah at age 12 1/2 First of all, make sure to pick the school that is right for you. Once you have chosen your school, if you find that it isn't right for you, don't be afraid to make a switch, and don't be lazy saying, "It's only for a few years anyway." Even one year can make a big difference! Also, speak Hebrew. For 4 years I made the mistake of not using Hebrew and it really hurt me. This year I began to speak Hebrew and everything changed. I just received my first great report card since I am living in Israel. It is even better than the last report card I got in America! I did it; you can too!
Ezra dashing through the halls of his school, Orot Etzion in Efrat Eitan chilling in his home in Neve Daniel. Lexi walking at the Kotel, Israeli soldiers nearby.	(left) The kids at Har Tabor; (right) The girls in Efrat, Neve Daniel in the background Ezra, 10 came on Aliyah at age 5 There are a lot of great things about Aliyah. That we’re in the real place for Jews; that I can learn Hebrew; that it’s really, really cool; that I have a million friends, maybe more. I would tell other children that they really, really, really should make Aliyah. Whenever you go to Israel - like when I first went to Israel - I felt like I wasn’t going to make friends and I thought maybe I shouldn’t even try to make friends. But that’s a really bad idea to do that. But now I have so many friends. When we first came I was five. I had made up a superhero named “Superstar” and I went to the Kotel and put a little note in it asking Hashem to bring Mashiach and to turn me into Superstar. Don’t forget to go to the Kotel and the Monkey Park. But if you go to the Monkey Park, I once got bitten by a monkey there, so don’t go near the monkeys!! They’re dangerous. I think school is better here, first of all because it’s a million times cheaper. Everybody is really friendly. But my teacher is a little too strict :-). If you move to Israel, the best place to move is Gush Etzion. I’m happy here. Wherever you go, you always could see these really cool old houses - all these really cool stuff- houses and buildings and ruins- it’s special because it has holiness.
	(left) Lawrence with the two younger boys; (right) the girls on a Nefesh B'Nefesh hike Eitan, 12 came on Aliyah at age 8 The best part of my aliyah was setting foot in Israel for the first time as someone who was making aliyah. I just want you to know that moving Israel is hard during the first year, but once you’re in the second year in Israel you’ll already be used to it. Like when I first moved into Israel it was very hard to me because everyone spoke Hebrew. But after a while I got used to it and made friends and spoke Hebrew a lot better. Good luck in Israel!
	(left) Yaakov, 1 year, Efrat in the background; (right) Lawrence with the boys at Mini Israel Lexi, 15 came on Aliyah at age 11 Aliyah!!!! Wow what to say about Aliyah how do I explain it!!!!! Amazing, sad, exciting, interesting, confusing, and hard!! Here are some things I suggest for pre aliyah.... Try hard to get for yourself a pen pal who's your age and lives in the place you're looking to move to. My aliya was very hard but I guess I knew it was the right thing to do so I just tried to get used to it! It was really hard to leave all my friends and family but you make new friends and you get involved with different kinds of activities and soon enough you'll see you have a ton of friends. I also recommend to go to some kind of youth group. There's a bunch of different kinds of things like Bnei Akiva, Ariel, Ezra depends where you live. Israel is amazing and for some kids it takes time and some get used to it right away. It's a really cool place...
	(left) Lexi at Mount Hermon in early Spring; (right) Having a blast at at Mini Israel
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