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In an effort to understand and capture the experience of how American Jews who move to Israel make this colossal decision, in-depth narrative interviews were conducted in English with recent olim (people who have made aliya--literally "gone up to"--or moved to Israel) in Jerusal…

This dissertation is an evaluation of a group of American Olim (immigrants) to Israel who are representative of American Judaism diversity, ranging from the ultra-Orthodox to the secular. Unlike the vast majority of Jews who have no intention of leaving home, these Olim went to …