Israel Trip 2022
Check out these photos from my trip to Israel. I had a wonderful stay in Jerusalem and hope you enjoy the pictures and great memories.
Love This
This story makes my heart happy ♥️ “It was 1999. I had been living in Israel for 4 years I had tried my hand at the Jerusalem singles scene for two years and then in Tel Aviv for two. I was riding my bike home from work one day when […]
That special moment
That special moment They’ve arrived! 242 people have just moved to Israel and are brand-new Olim! Wish them an #AliyahTovah! The new arrivals are from a variety of backgrounds – hailing from 22 US states and two Canadian provinces. They include 103 children under the age of 17, 41 future […]
4 Cousins and Great Grandsons to Holocaust Survivors Serve in the IDF
It’s Friday of Thanksgiving weekend and I’m in Israel, but not alone. I met up with the Nefesh B’Nefesh-FIDF Lone Soldiers, who also are not alone. There was one soldier in particular that I was fortunate to meet. Meir and Sarah Riebenfeld narrowly escaped Nazi Germany in 1936 to build […]
An Israel Love Story
This story makes my heart happy ♥️ “It was 1999. I had been living in Israel for 4 years I had tried my hand at the Jerusalem singles scene for two years and then in Tel Aviv for two. I was riding my bike home from work one day when […]
Nefesh B’Nefesh July Charter Flight to Israel
July 27, 2018 I just spent 2 days in Israel and here’s why. A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to have been invited on the Nefesh B’Nefesh July charter flight. Founded in 2002, the mission of Nefesh B’Nefesh (NBN) is to make the Aliyah (moving to Israel) process easier, facilitate the […]
Nefesh B’Nefesh In-Flight Interview with Nachum Segal Network
Click here and press play to listen to the complete interview. What an incredible show today from the Nefesh B’Nefesh flight! Check out the other guests from the flight, here is a link to the full show: http://bit.ly/2JVswhf Some of today’s incredible guests included (in no specific order): Tony Gelbart with Rabbi […]
From Poland to Israel, read the story behind the suitcase.
Seventy-one years ago, Holocaust survivor Rabbi Aaron Brander (originally from Rimanov Poland) came from the Ulm Sedan Kaserne Displaced Persons Camp to the USA with all of his belongings packed into one seven pound, US-army issue suitcase, made of light green metal. Yesterday, his son Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, brought […]
Newest Olim via Nefesh B’Nefesh: Airport Family Farewells
One of my personal favorite moments from today’s Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, was meeting supportive parents like this, as they watched their children and grandchildren pack up and move to Israel. In this photo, just so happens to be United States senator Joe Lieberman, but for today, he was just […]
Nefesh B’Nefesh Welcomes Home 232 New Israelis
This isn’t just any ordinary flight to Israel, this is a Nefesh B’Nefesh chartered EL AL אל על plane exclusively booked with 232 new Israeli’s!! That’s 34 families, 127 children, 18 singles, 3 sets of twins, 6 future IDF soldiers and (I personally counted) 3 pets, all moving to Israel […]
In-Flight Telfie
Can you guess who’s Talit this belongs to? That’s right, it’s Nachum Segal!
Celebrating Their 71st Wedding Anniversary by Moving To Israel
“We are thrilled to wish a BIG Mazal Tov to this beautiful Chicago couple who celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary by making #Aliyah last week in our office in Jerusalem. It’s never too late to become #OfficiallyIsraeli Doris Levitz, 91, now officially known as Devora, and Norman Levitz (who will […]
לפני שנתיים אני עליתי לארץ
לפני שנתיים אני עליתי לארץ ? “Two years ago George moved to Israel to come live w/ me. I moved a month earlier to set up our apartment to make his transition as easy as possible. Some days I wake up and think, I can’t believe I adopted a big […]
And they’re off! Good luck Lone Soldiers on your draft! Israel Defense Forces
Source: Lone Soldiers Program תוכנית חיילים בודדים Nefesh B’Nefesh SaveSave
Throwback to 2011 When Oldest Couple to Make Aliyah Arrived in Israel
Phillip and Dorothy Grossman, ages 95 and 93 at the time, respectively, are probably the oldest married couple ever to immigrate to Israel. The couple from Baltimore, Maryland, who have been together for 71 years, were greeted at the airport by their family and immediately taken to their new home […]
WELCOME HOME: Holocaust Survivor Fulfills Lifelong Dream to Move to Israel
Rabbi Herschel Baron spent his life dreaming of living in Eretz Yisrael. He survived the Holocaust by moving throughout Europe and deep into Russia to avoid capture by the Nazis, and immigrated to America in 1947. Rabbi Baron was one of the few survivors from Lithuania who had studied in […]
WELCOME HOME: Mazal tov to the 26 new Olim (Immigration of Jews to #Israel) who arrived last week!
They hail from: Florida, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Quebec! And they are headed to: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Bet Shemesh, Ramat Gan, Ofakim, Nes Tziona, Modiin, Ma’alot, Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan, Haifa, and Emmanuel. Give them a big, warm welcome home! #LiveLoveIsrael #MakeItHome […]
Throwback to 2011 When Oldest Couple to Make Aliyah Arrived in Israel
Phillip and Dorothy Grossman, ages 95 and 93 at the time, respectively, are probably the oldest married couple ever to immigrate to Israel. The couple from Baltimore, Maryland, who have been together for 71 years, were greeted at the airport by their family and immediately taken to their new home […]
WELCOME HOME!
“We are truly inspired that despite the extremely difficult times Israel is currently experiencing, Olim are undeterred and are still making Aliyah. They are coming not only with the desire to build their homes and lives in Israel but to express that modern-day Zionism is thriving while displaying their deep […]
WELCOME TO ISRAEL: On the flight were 9 families and 30 young adults making Aliyah with Garin Tzabar to soon enter the Israel Defense Forces!
“Today we welcomed 71 Olim at our first summer flight of 2015! On the flight were 9 families and 30 young adults making Aliyah with Garin Tzabar to soon enter the Israel Defense Forces! Among them, Judah, who joined his two older brothers who made Aliyah and joined the IDF before him. Click […]
“A few weeks and several interviews later, I started my first day of work at Apple. Israelis know that making Aliyah is tough, so they are humbled when they hear you’ve done it and their warm side shines through.”
“I arrived in Israel fresh out of grad school with an engineering degree in my hand and a dream in my heart. After my first few months in Israel searching for a job with no luck, my in-laws made the trip from the US to visit my wife and me. […]
“I can’t really think of a better reason than to make Aliyah for love.”
“The chances of Raz and me meeting were so slim it’s almost uncanny. We met through my younger brother Willy, who made Aliyah last year to play professional basketball here in Israel. He ended up signing with a team in Kiryat Shmona that Raz was managing at the time. […]
Jordana Golding
On the left is Jordana Golding’s mother, then 19 years old, at Dizengoff Square in #TelAviv. On the right is Jordana, in the same location, at the same age, 26 years later. Jordana is making #Aliyah from #London in a few months to join the #IDF. “She encouraged me to fulfill my dreams,” Jordana says of […]