Aliya via blogs

August 19, 2008 - 5:24 PM by

Israel's latest immigrantNefesh B’Nefesh a pro-aliyah organization dedicated to assisting North American Jews immigrate to Israel is doing something a bit different this time around. They’ve embedded bloggers with their latest group, assigning them a new immigrant to profile and to write about their immigration experience on their blogs.

CK of Jewlicious is accompanying a young woman named Danielle:

Danielle Sheldon, 19 and a resident of Los Angeles, is smart. A UCSD graduate who double majored with a BA in both International Studies and Middle Eastern Studies, she’s multilingual, and loves dancing and reading. Her future plans include graduate studies and after chatting with her for close to an hour, I am certain that Danielle can do whatever she sets her mind to. With her charm, wit and bubbly personality, Danielle’s options are virtually limitless. On August 18th, Danielle will join a plane load of North American immigrants headed to Israel to begin a new chapter in their lives. Danielle’s move to Israel, where she plans on joining the IDF, getting an MA in Security and Counter Terrorism at Tel Aviv University and settling in Tel Aviv, seems to be the obvious culmination of a lifelong path. Her father, born in Israel, insisted on speaking Hebrew to Danielle and sending her to a Jewish Day School. Consequently, Danielle’s Hebrew language skills are pretty darn good (her Arabic’s not bad either!). She got further practice when she spent a summer semester at Tel Aviv University and leading a group of High School students on a trip to Israel. She’s a fan of Herzl, Jabotinsky and Ahad Ha’am’s poetry.

Other Jewish and Israeli bloggers are in the mix as well. Check out Esther, Jameel and Treppenwitz for more on Nefesh B’Nefesh’s latest flight and a little personal glimpse into what motivates some North Americans to move to Israel.

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3 Comments on Aliya via blogs

  1. Jameel on Tue, Aug 19th 2008 7:42 PM

    2. Hi Harry –

    It was truly an amazing flight. BTW – the motivation for Danielle to make aliya stems from her desire to marry someone Jewish — and the odds are in her favor here in Israel much more than in LA…

    Regards,

    Jameel

  2. Abraham Ortiz on Wed, Aug 20th 2008 3:18 AM

    3. Hi Im Abraham Ortiz a hairstylist from Puerto Rico and I congratulate Danielle there is diferent people in the world all walks of life looking at living in Israel as a privillage .

  3. moshe rabeynu on Sat, Mar 7th 2009 5:57 AM

    4. Oy! Danielle Sheldon is such a shayna maidel ! I think nineteen years old is the best age. She’s old enough to have been around the block a couple of times but not old enough to have become jaded and hardened. Oy, what a punim, what a body ! The total package!

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