Why would American Jewsnot just materially successful but, perhaps unique among the Jewish diaspora, truly socially acceptedchoose to leave material comfort and safety in the United States for uncertainty and violence in Israel? This is a fundamental question for American Jewry, and one that Liel Leibovitz answers with resounding success in Aliya. Leibovitz focuses on three sets of immigrants, from Israels chaotic birth through its equally turbulent present. One couple came to Palestine before Israel was even created, and were present through its violent birth. One man was involved in the Yom Kippur War. And one family of four made aliya in 2001, during the most recent unsettled phase of Israels existence. Aliya is the powerful story of the relationship of American Jews to Israel, both those who make the journey and those who stay behind.
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