Meet Aleeza Chanowitz — a Brooklyn native who made Aliyah at 21 with no clear plan and ended up creating, writing, and starring in her own Israeli TV comedy. In this episode, Aleeza shares her journey from film school in Jerusalem to prime-time television, navigating Israel’s entertainment industry as an American oleh.

She talks candidly about creativity, chutzpah, motherhood, building a life between religious and secular worlds, and what it really takes to make something in Israel without a roadmap.

Mentioned in this episode:

TLVFest (Tel Aviv LGBTQ Film Festival) – https://tlvfest.com/

HOT (Israeli TV Network) – https://www.hot.net.il/
Bar-Ilan University – https://www.biu.ac.il/

Sam Spiegel Film & Television School – https://www.jerusalemsamspiegel.com/
Henry Winkler – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001857/
Dismissed (Israeli TV Series) – https://www.hot.net.il/heb/tv/channels/hot3/
Bad Boy (Israeli TV Series) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28541298/
Par Derrière (Wine Bar, Tel Aviv) – https://www.instagram.com/parderierre/

Produced by Dellet Studios for Lightboat Media

Social Media Coordinator: Tehilah Simantov

Edited and Mixed by: Yazek Shrem

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IG: @aliyah_stories

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Meet Rina Deutsch, a single mother of 5, a coach, teacher, and newly minted entrepreneur who traded Toronto for Jerusalem just weeks before the school year started.

In this powerful episode, Rina gets candid about:

• The Defining Moment: Why the events of October 7th made a decades-long dream a non-negotiable reality.
• Family Dynamics: How she navigated moving to Israel with three of her five children, leaving the two oldest behind.
• The Fast Pivot: Going from high school teacher to securing three jobs in Israel and pivoting into the world of marketing—a true testament to the Aliyah hustle.
• Community Surprise: The surprising lack of stigma around being a single, divorced mother in her new Jerusalem neighborhood.

Plus, tune in for a hilarious round of Israeli Mom Rapid Fire and learn the meaning of the essential slang word: "Gahg."

Production by Yazek Shrem

Social Media & Business Coordinator - Tehliah Simantov

Follow us on Instagram @aliyah_stories

One oleh. Lots of stickers. A nation’s messages captured before they vanished.

Meet Jeff Weiss — an American oleh, author, and endurance athlete who found new purpose in Tel Aviv. After encountering the memorial stickers honoring Israelis killed on October 7th and in the war that followed, Jeff launched Stickers of Meaning, a project preserving their powerful mottos and personal stories.

In this episode, Jeff shares why these messages resonated so deeply, what they reveal about Israeli resilience, and how his own Aliyah journey — from New York to Florida to Tel Aviv — led him toward a renewed sense of meaning and connection.

Mentioned in this episode:

Stickers of Meaning — Israeli memorial sticker project https://www.stickersofmeaning.com/

Jeffrey Weiss Author Site — Books by Jeff Weiss -https://www.jeffreyweissauthor.com/

Nahalat Binyamin Market — Arts & crafts street fair -https://www.nachlatbinyamin.com/en/

Ben Yehuda 126 Synagogue (“126”) — Popular Anglo-friendly shul - https://www.facebook.com/126BenYehuda/

Production by Yazek Shrem

Social Media & Business Coordinator - Tehliah Simantov

Follow us on Instagram @aliyah_stories