Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home - A Book by Jason Alster

Very little has ever been written about those who have made Aliya to Israel, their dreams, their accomplishments and their return to their native countries. 

When making Aliya one faces huge cultural and financial challenges - and most Americans who have made Aliya to Israel have not been fortunate enough to make Israel their home for life. Whether it be paying the bills for rent, food and a car - there are just not enough jobs and money to help Olim survive.


On a bright note there is a wonderful organization named Nefesh B'Nefesh which working with the Jewish Agency has improved the odds greatly for making a successful Aliya.


Jason Alster, in his book Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home describes in the most creative detail all that Olim experience.

From eating at an Israeli McDonalds, adapting to Israel humor, the Ulpan experience, serving in the Israel Defense Forces, marriage and divorce, to enjoying Israel's historic sites, long sandy beaches, the craziness of Israeli driving, Israel's relationship to the Holocaust and quest for survival to coming back to one's native country - as a Jew who has been home and has returned home.


Whether you dream of moving across the US or to another continent or are returning home after a prolonged absence, Jason Alster’s Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home is an illuminating and inspiring read. This book is about the courage to change, to take risks, and to trust oneself regarding that place we wish to call home. Page after page, readers will discover the keys—and occasionally the secrets—to fitting in.

Jason Alster, M.Sc., is also the author of Being in Control: Natural techniques for increasing your Potential and Creativity for Success in School, Creative Painting for the Young Artist, and Anyone can Improve their Handwriting.

He worked in the allied health and behavioral medicine fields of neuro-diagnostics, sleep research, and biofeedback, published many research articles, and received a major award for his work in medical research.

In Israel, the author worked as a biofeedback practitioner/learning specialist, and over the years has helped hundreds of learning challenged students with ADHD, dyslexia, and test anxiety to succeed in school using natural techniques.

Today Alster, who lived in Israel for 23 years, is a learning and studies strategies consultant based in Hartford, Connecticut.

This book will also tell of his success in developing these techniques and how being in a different environment contributed to this process.



This most positive book on Israel and those who contribute to it is a must read for anyone who has made Aliya, thinking about it or wants a better and more honest picture as to Israeli culture, Judaism and Zionism.

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Whether you dream of moving across the country or to another continent, or you are returning home after a prolonged absence, Jason Alster's Leaving Home, ...
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