Aliyah Information

* What are your reasons for making Aliyah? Are you going for positive reasons or "running away" - expecting Israel to provide a solution to personal problems?

* Professional skills

* Finances to get through the initial 6-12 months of inevitable negative cash flow.

* Prior Israel experience. (Statistics show a direct correlation between time spent in Israel and aliyah success.)

* Hebrew

* Patience

* Flexibility

* Sense of humor

* Ability to shrug off adversity and not take things personally

* Do you look at the cup as half full or half empty?

* Do you have family or friend support structure in Israel?

* Cleveland State Career Center - Put your resume on the web http://www.csuohio.edu/career

* Association of American and Canadians for Israel - Making the Move: http://www.aaci.org.il

* Israel Aliyah Center - Los Angeles http://www.aliyah.org

* World Zionist Organization Aliyah info: http://www.wzo.org.il/aliyah/index.htm

* World Zionist Organization Israel Summer Programs for Students: http://www.wzo.org.il/zionet/index.htm

* Complete list of all Israeli Colleges and Universities: http://www.ac.il

* Jewish Communication Network Forum on Aliyah: http://www.jcn18.com/forum/aliyah.htm

* Amana - Jewish settlement organization, finding a home: http://www.amana.co.il

* AACI JobNet - finding a job in Israel: http://www.jobnet.co.il

* Kedumim Personnel Ltd. - finding a job in Israel: gopher://shamash.org:70/hh/israel/aliyah

* Project Shofar - Aliyah from America: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/6206/pshofar.html

* Betar Perspective on Aliyah: http://www.csuohio.edu/tagar/sarah2.htm