Followers

Friday, May 23, 2008

A new home, a new life

Rabbi Mordechai Weiss, who made aliyah from Teaneck, is now a tour guide as well as a religious guide.

Ronda Israel, a New Jersey school administrator turned Israeli chocolate-maker, encourages anyone contemplating aliyah to think outside the box.

"If your heart is here, you will say, I can live here and be a productive Israeli. I can take the skills God gave me over a lifetime and do something with them that doesn't have to be the same thing I did before," Israel says.

While many new Israelis choose to commute or telecommute to their diaspora jobs, others make major career changes in order to earn a living in the Middle East.

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