Ignorance is not bliss — it\’s death. That\’s the truth underlying the fear of communal disintegration expressed in buzz words like \”Jewish continuity\” and the \”crisis of Jewish identity.\”
Here\’s my suggestion for a new definition for aliyah — anytime a Jew takes it upon him or herself to travel to Israel, for a week, a month, a year or a lifetime, it should be considered the fulfillment of a mitzvah, an obligation to God and to the Jewish People.