More on the challenges of Aliyah
As I wrote here a few weeks ago the process of Aliyah and moving to Israel is often filled with challenges and difficulties. The other day I received a letter from a potential Oleh (name withheld) describing another hurdle that was encountered.
It seems this reader has been trying to move to Israel for 9 months now and has been presented with obstacles from the Jewish Agency, the Consular Division, paper work issues and more. As he put it “All in all Israel seems to be the hardest country for a Jew to move into because of incredible bureaucracy. I wonder if anybody in Israel even knows how difficult these bureaucrats have made the Alyiah process.”
I bring this up not to discourage anyone from making Aliyah (obviously, as this blog encourages that very action) as I know that all major moves bring up issues to resolve. I bring it up to try and spread the word out to the powers that be. These stories of hassles and red tape are just all too common and if we could start to get the message across to the bureaucrats in charge it would eliminate one of the most common complaints of Jews who want to come home.
Here’s to (hopefully) moving in a new direction and eliminating all the unnecessary heartache.
Ari
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