Jakey Parry joins David Levine to share his Aliyah story — from growing up in Perth, Australia, to moving to Israel at 18, joining the IDF, building a following through Hebrew humor, and finding his place in Israel through army life, comedy, theater, and community.

Jakey Parry grew up in Perth, Australia, in a strongly Jewish, Zionist, modern Orthodox community. After a Bnei Akiva gap year in Israel, time living independently, and a six-month ulpan on a kibbutz, he realized that Israel was where he needed to be.

He made Aliyah at 18 — just two months before October 7.

In this episode, Jakey joins David Levine to talk about moving to Israel young, making Aliyah his own story, navigating the IDF as an oleh chadash, going through Michve Alon, learning Hebrew, and turning his most embarrassing language mistakes into comedy.

They also discuss Jakey’s growing social media presence, why both olim and Israelis connect to his content, his emotional video about memorial stickers for fallen soldiers, and his unexpected involvement in English-language theater in Israel.

A funny, honest, and heartfelt conversation about Aliyah, army life, Hebrew, identity, creativity, and learning to laugh through the awkward moments.

Credits:
Host: David Levine
Guest: Jakey Parry
Associate Producer: Daniella Edelman
Social Media: Tehilah Simantov

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Ian Mark joins David Levine to share his Aliyah story — from a stressful finance job in New York to moving to Israel in three weeks, finding work, building community, dating as an oleh, and eventually creating DateNight AI after co-founding the viral Corona Crush Facebook group during COVID.

Ian Mark thought he would move to Israel one day — maybe after a successful finance career, maybe after making enough money, maybe in retirement.

Then one day, while working a stressful Wall Street job, he realized he did not have to wait.

Within three weeks, he was living in Israel.

In this episode, Ian joins David Levine to talk about making Aliyah at 26, searching for work in Israel, discovering how much networking matters, building a social life in Tel Aviv, dating as an oleh, learning Hebrew, and eventually marrying an Israeli.

Ian also shares the story behind Corona Crush, the Jewish dating Facebook group that went viral during COVID, and how that community led him to build DateNight AI — a virtual speed dating platform that now works with communities and organizations and has hosted tens of thousands of dates.

This is a conversation about Aliyah, entrepreneurship, dating, community, perseverance, and why sometimes the best thing you can do is stop waiting and start.

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Israeli real estate lawyer Moshe Binyamini joins David Levine for a practical guide to buying property in Israel as an oleh or overseas buyer. They discuss remote purchases, hidden costs, mortgages, taxes, developers, new-build risks, currency issues, and the biggest mistakes olim should avoid before signing a contract.

This is a practical episode for anyone thinking about buying in Israel, making Aliyah, or helping family members purchase a home from abroad.

Mentioned in this episode:

Moshe Binyamini – https://www.binyaminilaw.co.il/

Tel Aviv – https://visit.tel-aviv.gov.il/

Israel Canada – https://israel-canada.co.il/

BSR Group – https://www.bsr.co.il/

Bank Discount – https://www.discountbank.co.il/

Israeli Ministry of Aliyah and Integration – https://www.gov.il/en/departments/ministry_of_aliyah_and_integration

Nefesh B’Nefesh – https://www.nbn.org.il/

Filmed on location at Soho House Tel Aviv.

Credits:
Host: David Levine
Guest: Moshe Binyamini
Editing: Laura Brickman
Associate Producer: Daniella Edelman
Social Media: Tehilah Simantov

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