IF YOU’RE THINKING ALIYAH:

Step 1: Open an Aliyah File with the Israel Aliyah Centre in Canada: http://www.jafi.org.il/JewishAgency/English/Aliyah/Contact+Addresses/GCI/.  They will be able to help guide you through the entire process.

Step 2: Contact the Conservative Movement's Aliyah Shaliach, http://www.mercazusa.org/newsltr/winter07-08/think-aliyah.html.  Let our Shaliach help you with specific Conservative programmes and contacts.

Step 3: Learn about other available Aliyah assistance: e.g. Nefesh B'Nefesh provides olim with group chartered aliyah flights, employment resources, absorption support, social services and guidance through governmental absorption. Contact Nefesh B'Nefesh, (866)4-ALIYAH or consult the website www.nbn.org.il.

Step 4: Contact USCJ's Project Reconnect - Israel: Meet other CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT alumni living in Israel who are looking forward to welcoming you into your new home and helping with your klitah (absorption) in Israel. Contact Rabbi Paul Freedman, (011-972) 2-6256205, nina_f@netvision.net.il  or paul@projectreconnect.org.

Step 5: Contact the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel, www.aaci.org.il.  They provide a comprehensive set of services which assist people making Aliyah to adjust into Israeli life.