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Aug 6, 2026, 10:17 PM

The Aliyah Glossary You Actually Need

Within your first week in Israel, someone will mention the misrad, your landlord will ask about the vaad, a neighbor will reference the kupah, and you'll nod along hoping your expression reads as thoughtful rather than completely lost. Here are...

Elchanan Poupko

Aug 5, 2026, 9:38 AM

When Israel can’t recognize its own: Fallacies in making aliyah

Jews like Rabbi Avi Weiss and local US ultra-Orthodox are obviously eligible to move to Israel; the Jewish state must cut through any red tape getting in their way

Israel Ben Iosef

Aug 4, 2026, 2:48 PM

The Pyramid of Contemporary Global Egypt

Curiously, many of yesterday's exploiters are today accused of being slave owners simply for exploiting their fellow man... or not. Most of the time, people only talk about the victim's skin color, origin, culture or identity. It becomes news,...

Jul 31, 2026, 7:49 PM

Lifechanging Experiences: Volunteering at Hadassah’s Hospice

The author with Michal Fleisher, head of the volunteers at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus. Photo courtesy of the author.

This is the first of an ongoing series on volunteering at the Ina and Jack Kay Hospice at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus. “Life, though precious, is a gift to be relinquished and returned. Sooner or later, we must bid farewell...

Natalie Sopinsky

Jul 29, 2026, 1:27 PM

The lie of the soft life

(courtesy)

No matter where you live, watching someone you love suffer and knowing you cannot ease their pain is hard. Israel trusts us to manage anyway

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jul 27, 2026, 7:03 PM

The IDF Must Make Hebrew a Weapon, Not a Barrier

The IDF faces a shortfall of approximately 12,000 soldiers, including 7,000 combat troops. Military leaders warn that shorter service terms and mounting reserve exhaustion will only widen the manpower gap. Yet Israel is overlooking an answer in plain sight:...

Jul 27, 2026, 3:44 PM

The Aliyah Tax Window Closes In Five Months

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The Aliyah Tax Window Closes on December 31. Five Months Left. Every few years, someone tells me the tax benefits are the reason they are finally making aliyah. I always push back. Tax is a bad reason to move countries,...

Jul 23, 2026, 3:39 PM

What to Pack, Sell, or Store Before Your Aliyah

Here's the thing nobody tells you before you make aliyah: the hardest part of moving isn't the paperwork or the Hebrew or even finding an apartment. It's standing in your living room six weeks before departure, looking at 20...

Jul 20, 2026, 12:57 PM

Flying home to vote

(AI)

I'll make a quick trip from Europe not because I want to earn the right to criticize the next government, but because I want there to be less to criticize

Jul 16, 2026, 3:25 PM

Is Israel a Good Place to Retire? Here’s the Honest Answer

Most articles about retiring in Israel lead with the weather and the hummus. Both are excellent, but neither pays for healthcare or figures out what happens to your pension when you cross a border. So let's skip the tourism...

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