The following articles are part of our Haaretz Hatovah series featuring real life stories and experiences of Yidden living in, settling, and building up Eretz Yisroel. Haaretz Hatovah also appears on Matzav.com and in Yated Ne’eman
Affordability, Integration And Simplicity
Affordability, Integration And Simplicity Tamar Sobel, Rabin, Karmiel We moved from Lakewood, New Jersey to Karmiel eleven years ago. Of course, we wanted to live in Yerushalayim, but my sister-in-law who was living in Karmiel suggested we would have a “softer landing” in a small community, and an easier time integrating. At the time our oldest daughter and son were [...]
Contributing To Yishuv Eretz Yisroel
Contributing To Yishuv Eretz Yisroel R’ Avraham Tzvi Schwartz, Har Yona, Nof HaGalil The very-affordable rent was what originally brought us to the newly-constructed neighborhood of Har Yona two years ago. We had previously been renting in Chaifa for a short while, but being the population center that it is, the rent prices were too high for us. B”H, we [...]
No Place Like Home
Haaretz Hatovah Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. No Place Like Home R’ Avraham Yitzchok Elbaz, French Hill (HaGiv’ah HaTzarfatit), Yerushalayim About eleven years ago we moved to French Hill, a Yerushalayim neighborhood which, at that time, was predominantly inhabited by non-observant Israelis. (Today there is a large and significant Chareidi presence here, including many [...]
From America To Hashem’s Backyard
From America To Hashem’s Backyard Yosef Shalom Rabin, Shaarei Chesed, Yerushalayim I was born and raised in the “Goldene Medineh” (lehavdil!), America, and spent most of my years in Passaic, NJ. For seven years I was zocheh to absorb myself in the amazing Torah environment of Yeshivas Talmidei Telz in Riverdale, NY, after which I came to learn in Eretz Yisroel by [...]
Accepted at Last
Accepted at Last Chaim Ekstein, Romema, Yerushalayim The plane tickets for our move from Monroe, New York to Eretz Yisroel were booked well in advance, on Chanukah of 5780 (2019), before anyone thought about corona. The original date for our flight was July 1, 2020, but it was pushed off time after time due to coronavirus regulations. For [...]
What Are We Doing Here? And Why?
What Are We Doing Here? And Why? Yechezkel Toporowitz, Shmuel HaNavi, Yerushalayim I have my roots in Eretz Yisroel. My grandfather had come to Eretz Yisroel in the 1930's already as a bochur, as he felt that it was getting dangerous to stay in Europe. He eventually went to Chaifa, with the encouragement [...]
Yes, It’s a Reality
Yes, It's a Reality Elisha Bruck, Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel I grew up in Boro Park and learned in local mosdos. I went to Chasam Sofer for high school, and for beis medrash I attended the Yeshiva of South Fallsburg where I learned by Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel shlita. I then came to Eretz Yisroel to learn in [...]
Home Country
Home Country Eli B., Ma'aleh Amos When I first came as a young bochur to Eretz Yisroel, I thought, no chance I would stay to live here. I was in a typical state of denial, convincing myself that back in “my” home country everything is better; there's nothing like America. I had two married brothers learning in Eretz [...]