Why I Moved To Israel: Aliyah Story 

I spent 10 days in Israel on a Christian pilgrimage. I fell in love with the culture, the spiritual connections, and the people there. Such a wonderful place❤️🇮🇱

church of england english native here, i wish you and all your people nothing but the best and i hope you are currently safe amid the ongoing conflict.

Proud to be Ethiopian Jewish, always in my veins. ❤🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

I’m from saudi arabia near the Yemeni border, my grandma used to tell me about their jewish neighbors they were the best neighbors ever until one day when israel have established. Hate towards them from everyone have increased even though they have zero connection to politics yet they were forced to flew saudi and leave their homes my grandma gets sad every time when she remembers her best jewish neighbor because they also went to the same school, we don’t know anything about them, but they are most likely to have gone to israel, i hope they are living better now in israel. much love and support🇮🇱❤️🇸🇦

So honored to post the 613 th comment! For obvious reasons. I just applied for Aliyah! Chasdei HaShem!

I’m sold. I will fill out my application in the coming months. This video was amazing. The editing was very good.

Chutzpah is definitely the right word for it. I love how you have talked about the positives as well as drawbacks to it all. This is highly needed as people deserve the entire picture. I hope that you will find your place in Israel, enjoy it as much as you can!

This is a great video! It really hits all the emotions of who the Jewish people are and why we are connected to Israel.

Amazing video achi!!! I’m incredibly proud. What a wonderful video explaining everything so well. Kol hakavod

I love Israel. I lived there for a year, and I truly do miss it. Mazel tov on your aliyah.

We were on that flight in the beginning of the video! Love love love this video. Such great explanations. A year after our aliyah, we are still just as excited and happy to be here as we were the first day! Israel is awesome!

An inspiring story. Good luck in your new life.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful call to go up to the land. Thank you. My parents made Aliyah in the late 70s when I was 1.5 years old but found life hard in a development town and ultimately moved back to the US after four years while I was still a child. I have never been more thoughtful about my connection to the land as I have been after 7/10/23. Thank you so much for this.

Lovely people in a beautiful country. May your God give you peace with your cousins!

Fantastic video! I am making Aliyah in the fall and this gave me lots of comfort in my decision

I'd like to make Aliyah after I convert to Judaism, I grew up Christian here in the UK. Shalom. ❤

I am in the process of converting right now and can't wait to one day make aliyah

I love this video! I recently came to Israel for my honeymoon, and had the honour of meeting Rudy (randomly) over Purim. It's a beautiful country and my heart literally hurt getting on the plane to leave. Am Yisrael Chai 💜✡🇮🇱

thanks Noam. We're on the way!

Can’t wait to visit my ancestral homeland. 🇮🇱

You made me want to make aliya but I'm already israeli citizen, born and raised ☺️

I'm an Dayak from Borneo we always support Israel with you.. people of Israel. God bless you all where ever around the world..bravo IDF 💪

I want to come home so badly it hurts. But unfortunately for me I’m trapped in the life I’ve made for myself and it’s probably too late for me to ever get there. So proud of those who made it their priority to go home and revive our nation and civilization. I would so much love to be a part of it. Am Yisrael Chai!

Amazing video. Hope that one day, my family will make it happen as well. Love you guys from a Jew in the mids of world biggest Moslem population country > Indonesia.

I love this video. It touched my heart. I Wish You all the best in your home land. Shalom from Indonesia.

10/10. could not have phrased in better in a million years

Literally THE BEST video about aliyah EVER. Thank you and כל הכבוד from this fellow olah.

I am a Jewish convert to modern orthodox, and I am planning to make Aliyah after college and ever since I started my conversion process and even before I’ve had a huge love for Israel, and now I hope to one day call Israel my home :)

I’m an Italian Catholic but sending all love to the Holy Land and your people. I hope one day there can be peace with you all, Palestinians and neighboring countries. Beautiful story ❤️

how beautifully said and presented. mazel tov.

This is amazing, yom atzmaut smaeach!

When I was in Israel 40 years ago I thought the Jews seeing Israel as a haven to get to if things got too bad in the country they were living as paranoia. I thought it was something that didn’t apply anymore. But now I don’t. I get it now with what’s going on with attacks on Jews in western countries. I wish you well.

I am an Indian Catholic living in Dubai, always with the Jewish people

ללא ספק אחד הסרטונים האהובים עלי ברשת❤❤❤ מעלה חיוך גדול ומחמם את הלב😊😊😊 תודה

מדהים ריגשתם אותי עם ישראל חי!

Love love love this video! I can't wait now to go back home. Preparations start today!

Brilliant video made me very emotional. I know i belong in Israel. Its something i want but finding it difficult to actually do it. hard as a family of 4 with 2 young kids.

The clip showed among other things kids who have slanted east asian eyes. Ever since menachem begin saved-and brought over here vietnames refugees in the 70si am always glad to see east asians who settle among us. Being lay and secular as i am i deeply believe that east asians are genetically born more intelligent or at least more gifted than others.

What a beautiful and inspiring video wow. Mazel Tov Noam on making the move. I wish you blessings and strength in your journey.

Thank you for sharing this. Toda Raba

Marhaba Rudy, very touching. Mazel tov Habibi. Israel is awesome.

I recently came to know that Israel has discovered huge deposits of Natural Gas after 2010 and it’s huge. This will make Israel completely independent in providing energy not only for itself but even large amount of that will be exported. It has already started that exports to Egypt and Jordan. This present discovery makes Israel energy needs to be fulfilled for next 40 years in spite of that a large portion will remain to be exported. This is a great development and me coming from India where power shortage is a very big problem this seems like a great boon for Israel. All the best my friend, great video

I want more secular American Jews and secular Latin American Jews to make aliyah. It is the best thing you can do for yourself because it's bigger than yourself. And because, especially as Americans, you will experience how immigrants should be treated.

It's the only place to live in the world..happy Aliya and welcome brother.

Thank u Andrew for making this video. It's really educational n informative. Love u. M proud of u n ur roots.

Israel is Forever ♥

Israel is an inspiration to indigenous across the world be it Native Americans, First Nations(Canada), Maori, Aborigine, Coptic(Egypt), Assyrian & Chaldean(Iraq), Maronite(Lebanon, Aramean(Israel), Kurd, Amazigh, and many others.

So fantastic. Loved this!

Hebrew has never been a dead language, and will never be!

Thank you for such a great movie.

Its interesting seeing this video as someone going through conversion right now. In a sense, when I do mikvah it will be a homecoming in its own right. I have no idea what my future will be in 5 years, but there is a part of me that really wishes I can make aliyah one day and make Israel a home. If what you say is true, I think it wont be a tumultuous or personally difficult to do so its nice to think about :)) Shalom from Oregon

That was an amazing video!

Thank you for this beautiful video. With love, Dani.

I just have to say, this video is absolutely amazing. Well done

One thing I’ve always admired about the Jewish culture is how much of a tight-knit community it is. I hope to visit Israel one day, it looks beautiful 💜

וואוו, סרטון מהמם, מרגש ומחזק ממש! איזה בן אדם!, איזה חינוך!

I really want to Israel it looks so beaitful there! Mazel tov!

I love what you inform the viewers ☺️...

Shalom! Ani Hraver shel Israelim ve'Yeoudim. Ani ben shel Ha'aba sheli mi Yehoudi avec lo Lehitpalel o lo Lehit'amen Yahadout. Aval ani rotze lahr'zor le'yahadout. Ani rotze lihyot Israeli! Am Israel Chai!

*EXCELLENT* ... I am a Born Again Christian for many years now and have been learning about ISRAEL, and Hebrew tradition, all that good stuff; little by little over all these years ... =] but, within these past 2 years, GETTING READY FOR THE END! ; ] what I've learned now about Israel just grows exponentialy, ^ ^* right along side my Love for Israel! From The Most High GOD, Our Hevenly Father! We Watchman are feeling, adomantly, that, It will only be ... what, ~A LITTLE OVER SEVEN YEARS? And The Millenial Kingdom will be REALITY ON EARTH! Where the Jewish peoples will have a Very Special, ^ ^* Welcomed status, *Honored across the Earth!* We Watchman are reeeally Looking Forward to All this! ........ What an Honor to be Alive right now! ALL GLORY TO GOD! and back to about this video presentation! I just Learned (by seeing) ... a Huge new insight experiencing what life is like, *who you are* :D in ISRAEL. . . . ~If I was of Jewish family lineage? I too would be on a mission to move back! IT IS GOD'S WILL!

Wow really awesome. Love the positive message and sharing your research

I love you .. Praise to Israel and Praise to you . All those who are with Israel are the blessed friends of the lord god as he promised in his great holy bible ..

Why He moved to Israel? Answer: its very simple you get a free home fully furnished on arrival, problem is going through the personal belongings and removing pictures of the previous owners some Palestinian family with two kids, they could have removed their pics when the Israeli court decided they are to be kicked out to the streets. a wonderful spiritual experidnce.

Wow so beautiful my heart is in Israel 🇮🇱

You have a unique way to tell a story. Keep it up achii! 💪😇💪

Reminds me of how right my decision was to make an Aliyah 5 years back. Thank you Noam, everything about the video was spot on...

Jews come home!

Baruch haba to a fellow oleh!

I did Katin Chozer in Israel which is basically a type of Aliyah . Translates minor returning since I left israel as a child. I stayed 4 years had a crazy time and now after 5 years away going back to start all over. This time wiser lol 😂

im a crypto jew from Portugal. Just in adult age i set foot in a synagogue. My mother family comes from where the hidden community of jews lived in Portugal. i have not a single paper proving nothing. Just the name.

Thank you for making this video.

Tou did a great job young brother

Random: Can someone look Jewish? The reason i ask is because im not Jewish, but growing up here in America, in school, other kids used to ask if i was a jew. And so, i got harassed and made fun of and hated because i looked like a jew to them. And so i always wanted to go to Israel, because i felt maybe there i could fit in and nobody bother me because of how i look. Anyways. Im poor and will never be able to visit Israel. But since middle school, when people would ask me if i was a jew. Thats when I began to want to visit Israel. Anyways. ✌️

Welcome home, brother!

Really awesome video!! Thank you, brother💖 I want to come home too! only I dont have a known Jewish family tree.. Ive come all the way to Greece from Norway (Jeremiah 31:), took a whole 10 months just to get here with my car and caravan, and Ive kinda bin running in circles for almost 3years here now - sigh!! Looong story.. However, I am finally able to rest a bit and gather my thoughts. and then October 7th happened.. Im a believer in The Most High, The Holy One of Israel, but I come out of the Charismatic church .... and one of the many things that has crept in through the door of the Charismatic Church is the heretical Gnostic thought that all physical is bad and all spiritual (only) is good! and so you are completely removed from the physical reality of the world - the Evil that is in our faces and that we actually need to physically oppose! not only "turn our cheek" and bless our enemy (ref.Ephesians 6:10-12)! Thats how many Christians get the idea that they will go to heaven, grow wings and sit on clouds playing harps all day! or Pink haired ladies who claim to regularly be going to heaven and conversing with Jesus, Michael Jackson and Santa Clause - no joke! even though I have removed my self from the false doctrines and denominations, or more precisely - El Avoteinu, Yah Tzvaoth - my Aveinu 💖led me through and out of them, yet I realize that I am still influenced by those lies and twisted Scriptures, teachers, pastors, books... What Im trying to say is, that even as down to Earth as I am, still the October 7th massacre was like a slap in the face! A wake up call! to REALITY! The fight against evil is for REAL! yes, Ephesians 6 is "nr1", BUT if someone stands at your door, ready to rape your family, tie up your children and BURN THEM infront of your eyes - Would you get all spiritual, fall to your knees and pray, while The Enemy wrecks havoc on your family!?? or would you get up and come against them in the Name of The LORD ??! THE WAR BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL IS AS REAL AS IT GETS! We need to get our heads out of the Clouds and boldly face The Enemy - FOR REAL! Hazak, hazak ve nit hazek! 💖

Israel is a model country, I wish Arabs would understand and make PEACE. UAE or Saudi Arabia will likely need to lead the way to make it happen.

this video is my favorite video ever, thanks

Can Jewish converts make Aliyah or only those born into Jewish families?

Wow Amazing

Come back soon and visit Chabad of Uptown! Always great conversation when you’re in town.

I love, love your video. One can see your creative intelligence in every frame. Mazal Tov on your Aliyah ! You’re young, strong and very smart. I wanted to make Aliyah over 50 yrs ago but G.D had other plans. Now at 71, my husband and I are thinking of it. A lot! Wishing you every great gift that you can possibly receive. Kol ha kavod ! Loved this video! Am Israel Chai!

But how 'indigenous' can many Jews who emigrated to Israel in the past century really call themselves? I mean after countless generations, maybe even two thousand years after the Romans expelled them and Jews being intermarried to people from all over the world? The ones in Germany look German, the ones in Ethiopia look Ethiopian, etc. So how much 'indigenousness' actually remains if we're being honest?

Welcome to Israel 🇮🇱💙

Greetings from Norway! Great and informative video! Time to binge 🙂

Hi my name is Charles. Even though I am of Jewish descent, (my Grandparents were both Jewish) I hold a British passport. I live and work with my Malaysian wife and our 2 children in Malaysia. We have One girl 18 years old and one boy 8 years old. We are all practicing christians well versed in the scripture of the Bible and Torah. We want to make "Aliyah" but don't know how to go about it. Malaysia is a Muslim governed country, as such they refuse to accept Israel as a legitimate county and have banned their citizens from traveling to Israel. We need a contact who can give us information, and maybe some help or assistance on making "Aliyah". The Sovereign Lord, who has brought his people Israel home from exile, has promised that he will bring still other people to join them. Isaiah 56:8 GNT GODs word cannot be denied. He has promised. So blessed are the hands who provide assistance to GODs word. Now, if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own people. The whole earth is mine, but you will be my chosen people, Exodus 19:5 GNT But if you look closely into the perfect law that sets people free, and keep on paying attention to it and do not simply listen and then forget it, but put it into practice-you will be blessed by God in what you do. James 1:25 GNT I am telling you the truth: those who believe in me will do what I do-yes, they will do even greater things, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12 GNT Instead, he will send you a prophet like me from among your own people, and you are to obey him. “On the day that you were gathered at Mount Sinai, you begged not to hear the Lord speak again or to see his fiery presence any more, because you were afraid you would die. So the Lord said to me, ‘They have made a wise request. I will send them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will tell him what to say, and he will tell the people everything I command. He will speak in my name, and I will punish anyone who refuses to obey him. Deuteronomy 18:15‭-‬19 GNT So with a people who are so willing to obey GODs word, how could we not get help when we ask for it? May the Lord bless you and take care of you; May the Lord be kind and gracious to you; May the Lord look on you with favor and give you peace. Numbers 6:24‭-‬26 GNT

Unbelievable video and good to include the risks too

Great narrative there. MABUHAY!

Bravo Israel 🇮🇱🎈❤️👍🇮🇱

Welcome brother, glad you came back

Mazaltov ! You are back where you belong .May Hachem bless you with a happy ,long life ,and may your comming bring blessings to your Land ,the Land of Israël

Good video, Rudy. I just got back from volunteering in Israel at this time of need. My second trip in 15 years. Each time I visit I think about making aliyah more. Here are a few things I noticed this time that fall into the 'carrot' group vs 'stick' group - meaning positive reasons to move there, not just escaping anti-Semitism elsewhere: 1 - this is a very low crime country. With the exception certain (ahem) areas in the north and south...violent crime and property crime rates are super low here. In the middle of Tel Aviv there are small parks where the city has provided lawn chairs for the public to relax on, chat etc. They are free of grafitti and they don't even get locked up at night! They would be trashed or gone in NYC in about five minutes if they weren't bolted down and made of paint-resistant resin. This is a place of significant trust among people. 2- public transit - it's not perfect but it's pretty damn good compared to many parts of North America. Add to that the fact that the nation's distances are not that huge and the government keeps investing in more transit, means that it's easy to get around...except on Shabbat when almost everything comes to a screeching halt for about 14 hrs depending on the time of year. Regional trains, buses, light rail...get you just about everywhere. Which is good because the freeways are often packed! 3-apartments are big enough for families. Yeah, prices are crazy in TLV and Jerusalem, but outside there they are much more reasonable. And, they are actually deigned to bring a small family up in, not just house one or two childless working professionals eating ramen at a table. 3 and even 4 bedroom units at 1000-1200 square feet are not hard to find, new stock or old. 4 - there's an intimacy among people here that in most parts of North America just doesn't exist. Israelis are often in-your-face with personal questions, and for some this is too much, but you soon understand this is not ill-intentioned...they're actually interested in knowing you and what you're about, especially as a visitor. Once that ice is broken, don't be suprised if some favour is sent your way...a connection, a restaurant recommendation, whatever. That old cliche that Israelis are like the prickly pear...sharp on the outside, but tender and sweet on the inside is really true. Lineups don't mean much, and people push to the front if they can, order be damned, but if you trip on the sidewalk you'll have ten people all over you making sure you're OK. It's family. Sometimes a family that drives you crazy, but mostly that you appreciate having. 5 - there's a unity and sense of belonging that you can feel...look there are million divisions in Israeli society, even just within the Jewish majority, as we all saw on full display before Oct. 7 changed everything, and surged everyone together in determination to wipe out Hamas. But even when the country goes inevitably back to screaming at each other, there is a sense of national purpose that never goes away completely - the sense of national identity and purpose is hard to match in most Western countries these days. Most countries have patriotic citizens...but less so in the collective way that Israel is. More individualistic in the US, Canada, etc. The Israeli sense of unity of purpose and shared history and future is reflected in the surprisingly high happiness scores this video highlighted. No country who's received about 20,000 rockets over the last couple decades plus ongoing other terror attacks has any right to be this happy. But Israelis are. It's those below the surface things and feelings of connection and shared fate that cause it. 6 - economy is booming! - place is EXPLODING with construction, startups, etc. The war has put the brakes on for now, but although there are always difficulties with language and getting your credentials recognized etc., there's no doubt one will eventually land on one's feet here doing SOMETHING, even if not quite your present professional niche. There's just so much growth. The war has thrown everything out of whack and tourism is way down, but typically unemployment rate is around 3%. 7 - if you're a smoker, you should make Aliyah right now! Man, I've never seen a country smoke so much. Arabs, Jews, Druze, doesn't matter - tobacco is the common religion! Maybe it's all those damn rockets and terrorism stressing people out so they reach for a smoke every minute.

Ezekiel 36.. The Restoration of Israel. Praying for peace in Jerusalem and Israel.

יפה! תודה רבה!

Jesus the Messiah ✝️✝️

One day I will go on Aliyah.

I just heard about one of the friends who could be durable in Israel, he had a good job and his apartment but chose to return to New York a few years ago, in recent days he was forced to sell his apartment in Eretz Israel because he could not pay the mortgage in the United States His life is about studying for children and the like, so it is impossible to say that the economy in the Land of Israel is less good

Excellent video!! Where do I sign?

Há um mês resolvi criar um canal, mas sou completamente ignorante nisso. Se não fosse este vídeo, o meu canal não existiria. MUITO OBRIGADA!

WOW. Very enjoyable.

How?? Where do I go to become a isreal citizen? I am jew and surviving grandson of a holocaust survivor. I am American and have dreamed of moving from the usa.