More specifically, what exactly is the process if you were to immigrate to Israel. How difficult is it to adjust to Israeli life? How long does the process take? Do you have give up US citizenship? Is there a citizenship test? A waiting period between getting a resident visa and citizenship?
2007-02-03 14:59:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
If you emigrate under the law of return, it takes only a few months to gain residency and citizenship. Check out the Agency's website for exact information on the process
http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Aliyah/Aliyah+Info
As for adjustment, I made aliyah at 19, and returned to the US a few years later due to family pressure. I can say the adjustment to returning to the US was harder, as I'd gotten used to a slower pace of life and living in a society that is compatible with a Jewish lifestyle. I did not have to give up US citizenship.
The biggest changes moving there were getting used to goverment involvement in your life, the language, and the Israeli concept of what is polite. In that order.
The goverment is very much more involved in your life over there. You will have to make frequent contact with government offices and take care of way more red tape than you are used to here. The good news is that Israelis get many more services from the government, and there is a larger social safety net.
Learning Hebrew takes time, even if you go to full time Ulpan. Your difficulty in learning to use Hebrew as your normal mode of communication will be complicated by the tempatation to use English, as it is very widely understood. But learn the Hebrew. It will help you feel more integrated.
There is also a difference in culture that is difficult to explain here. It's just different. The sense of propriety is different, and so is politeness. For example, Israelis don't really queue. I missed many busses until I learned the difference. Only time and experience helps with the change.
2007-02-05 09:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by MaryBridget G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you don't know don't say anything. The Israeli goverment is very curtious when it comes with immigrants. Their is no wait time between getting a resident visa and citzenship you automatically get citzenship. Israeli life is quite like American, they all know English, but it helps to learn Hebrew.
If you have any questions direct them to : http://www.israelfm.org/newny/
2007-02-03 15:06:14 · answer #2 · answered by slickny8111 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Israel has a low level political culture, where politicians owe their loyalty to party bigwigs, not their constituencies - like in the US.
There is movement in Israel now to reform the voting system, to base in on the more advanced and more democratic US model.
2007-02-05 17:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm Christian and stay in u . s . a . yet you ought to probable flow to Israel and not in any respect be Jewish. i ought to google it purely to be particular regardless of the reality that... like search for its non secular tolerance element.
2016-12-03 10:28:50 · answer #4 · answered by binford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fact: Only if you are 100% jewish (and can prove it) you can immigrate to Israel. If you are not forget about it.
2007-02-03 20:38:14 · answer #5 · answered by B0NER 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its like jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.
2007-02-03 15:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by prole1984 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
But why?????
2007-02-03 15:07:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋