testkumah: 4 Great Books for Prospective Olim

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Dear Yishai,

Yasher koach on your activities and shows. Are there any books you can reccomend on aliyah?

Allan

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Dear Allan,

4 GREAT BOOKS FOR YOU:

Eim Habanim Semeichah: On Eretz Yisrael, Redemption, and Unity
This is the bible for why to make Aliyah from a Jewish perspective.

To Dwell in the Palace: Perspectives on Eretz Yisroel
This book showcases the life of new Olim and the joys of Aliyah

Torat Eretz Yisrael - The Teachings of HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook
Fundemental perspectives on Israel

Moving Up: An Aliyah Journal
A new book about the Aliyah experience - I have not read it but it has rave reviews.

At August 2, 2007 at 10:20 AM , natan said...

Agnon's Tmol Shilshom is one of the books that inspired me to make aliyah.

There's a very good English translation by Barbara Harshav, titled "Only Yesterday."

http://www.amazon.com/Only-Yesterday-S-Y-Agnon/dp/0691095442/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/102-4493115-8054563?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186074951&sr=8-4
At August 2, 2007 at 11:20 AM , Laura said...

Wow- I don't know what to say! Thank you for including my book among such important works. I am truly honored.

Laura Ben-David

Author
Moving Up: An Aliyah Journal
http://www.aliyahbook.com
At August 2, 2007 at 10:18 PM , Anonymous said...

pROSpective olim
At August 2, 2007 at 10:52 PM , Shlomo Walfish said...

To Dwell in the Palace and Eim Habanim are both Amazing must reads. I also saw but did not yet read
"Talking About Eretz Yisroel"

http://www.thirtysixbooks.org/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=64&osCsid=a600c570416d826084e4567cc866b0ee
At August 3, 2007 at 12:22 AM , Mr. Justice Jew said...

Anyone read My Life by Golda Meir? I found it wildly aliyah inspiring.

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