Comments on: Haolim TV: The Real World Meets Herzl?

By: InOverOurHeads

InOverOurHeads — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:59:33 +0000

It doesn’t look like this show ever made it into production. If you’re interested in genuine, substantive unscripted Jewish reality television, check out InOverOurHeads on JLTV – the Jewish Life Television network. You can watch episodes online at inoverourheads.... Check it out and let us know what you think!

By: Srugim and Haolim - new Israeli TV shows about Olim coming to Israel and Singles in Jerusalem | the big felafel

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:38:14 +0000

[...] but looks promising, is HaOlim – The Reality of Aliyah in Israel, which I first read about on Jewlicious. HaOlim plans to pick 8 people from around the world who are planning to make Aliyah. They’re [...]

By: Zedy

Zedy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:33:51 +0000

Jamie- it’s for people from all over the world (except Israel obviously), but they have to be fluent in English. haolim.tv/

I think it’s a great idea, it would make good TV (as long as it stays off the Big Brother path) and the prize is unbelievable.

By: Jewlicious » Blog Archive » Haolim TV Trailer

Jewlicious » Blog Archive » Haolim TV Trailer — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:28:10 +0000

[...] has now blossomed into a veritable media sensation. You may recall we already discussed Haolim in a previous post. Since then, the project has received press coverage on the front page of the Jerusalem Post and [...]

By: Beth Olinsky

Beth Olinsky — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:59:05 +0000

I hope the Jewish Agency is not behind this program. There are so many smaller organizations but still they bring many olim every year.

By: Ron Adelson

Ron Adelson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:47:54 +0000

To Naomi – this is simply not true. Olim are accepted in Israel like no immigrant anywhere around the world is treated. They get all the help they need, financial assistance, low-cost housing and many other benefits. I worked with the Jewish Agency for several years, and this is a huge organization dedicated to help Olim.
Ron

By: Naomi Rosenberg

Naomi Rosenberg — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:43:34 +0000

This is fantastic! My family lives in Ra’anana and I visit them often. It seems that no one in Israel really care about ALIYAH, although this is what Israel stands for to begin with.

By: Jamie Cohen

Jamie Cohen — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:40:12 +0000

It’s a great idea? My cousin lives in France and is planning to make Aliyah next year. Is this show only for Olim form Aerica?

By: joanna

joanna — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:21:49 +0000

I guess this is the type if thing that really has the potential to be entertaining to the Israeli and diaspora audience and insightful and meaningful at the same time–finally, a reality show about real phenomenon that is actually occuring in our “real world” today…great:)

By: themiddle

themiddle — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:11:42 +0000

Looks like fun!

By: Turning new olim into reality TV. « lizrael update

Turning new olim into reality TV. « lizrael update — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:28:49 +0000

[...] (”The New Immigrants”) which is a sort of Real World for new immigrants to Israel. As Jewlicious reports: “So the concept is pretty straightforward. Eight young olim from different countries live [...]

By: Alison Avigayil

Alison Avigayil — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:36:54 +0000

Wow! How great! A show to come to my defense and tell the hold world….”Hey, she isn’t a freak! Other people make aliyah these days too, even normal people like the people on reality television!”

Ok, maybe it’s not that bad, but I do really think that show like this could be benificial to the Israeli public as well as an international audience. Often times people see my decision to make aliyah as foreign and uncomprehensible. With a program like this, people can see the day-to-day lives of people who have made the decision to move to Israel, creating some image of making aliyah in Israel to give them comfort in my decision.

It will also give many people that have come to Israel for short periods of time and are interested in making aliyah, the chance to see the reality TV version of aliyah…all of the hardships, heartbreak and soft cuddly endings.

Lastly, if any Israelis bother with watching, the show will help them understand some of the reasons that people immigrate to Israel, especially why Americans immigrate.

After a year of standing in endless lines (no, really–endless), collecting numerous strange documents in Hebrew and being constantly asked, “Why on earth are you moving here?” I can surely say that I’m looking forward to the one hour a week when I can laugh at all of the olim hadashim and prove to everyone else I’m not the only person in the entire world moving to Israel.

Alison Avigayil

By: ck

ck — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:50:49 +0000

Meaningful how Dan? Soul searching interviews with the Olim where they tell us about how their passion for Jewish peoplehood and the centrality of Israel in their Jewish identities lead them to the decision that making aliyah was an unavoidable next step in their lives?

Booooring.

I think the meaningfulness will be accomplished by the realistic presentation of the lives of these olim and the struggles and accomplishments they go through as they try to integrate in and understand a new land. Also how they manage their idealized reasons for making aliyah with the reality of daily life in Israel. And lots of shots of them frolicking on the beach. Yeah, that would be meaningful.

OK all kidding aside, this is meant to draw a large audience and so it has to appeal to the lowest common denominator while still not being completely idiotic. From my chats with the producers I can see that they gave your concerns some thought and while the entire project has some lofty goals like presenting Israel in a more realistic/positive light, they are also planning on various challenges that will be infused with a higher meaning.

So you applying Dan or are you that enamored of the Montreal winter? Go Habs!!

By: Dan Illouz

Dan Illouz — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:27:03 +0000

Haha!
Sounds good, but could be made much better then that. I mean its basically a regular american reality show with olim as participants. Why not make it actually meaningful? lol

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