Planning Aliyah or still not ready?
Either way, take a step closer.
Next year in Jerusalem starts now.
What is the Israel Dream Map Kit?
You don't have to be planning Aliyah to need this. You just have to love Israel, and care about what that means for you and your family.
The Aliyah Dream Map Kit is 24 full-color, print-at-home pages of original art, Jewish text, and guided prompts, designed to help you explore your personal connection to Israel and the dream of Aliyah, wherever you are in that journey.
Each page is a work of art in itself. You can work through it as a pure writing and reflection experience by responding to prompts directly on the page in your own hand. Or you can go further, cutting, arranging, and layering your own images and words into something that's entirely yours. Either way, the result is the same: a personal Dream Map that belongs on your wall, in a frame, or in the hands of someone you love.
Inside the kit
- Jewish journaling and writing prompts rooted in our history and heritage
- Tehilim Psalms 125 and 126, in Hebrew and English
- Hatikva, in Hebrew and English
- Jewish marriage in Israel and excerpts from the Sheva Brachot
- Israeli landscapes Jerusalem stone, desert roads, Mediterranean coastline
- Tel Aviv street life, IDF insignia, Jewish symbols and Hamsa stickers
- Guiding words in Hebrew and English belonging, courage, roots, connection, growth
- A complete dream board process: explore, create, and dream
No two people complete it the same way. That's the point.
Is DIY not your thing? Reserve an online guided option, it's easier than you think.
When you're done, frame it, photograph it, make it your phone wallpaper, or give it to someone you want to share this dream with.
How It Works
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Step 1
Explore
Flip through the pages and circle what speaks to you. Add your own words and images, too. Do it alone, with a partner, or make it a family thing. No wrong answers.
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Step 2
Create
Write, cut, arrange, and build your personal Aliyah Dream Map.
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Step 3
Dream
Frame it. Hang it. Set it as your phone wallpaper. Keep your dream somewhere you'll actually see it. Then come back and add to it as life unfolds.
Choose your experience
The Science of Seeing Clearly What happens when you stop talking and start creating.
"Visual tools make invisible concerns visible."
The conversation about Aliyah is one of those heated topics that a lot of us are dealing with lately. No matter where we each stand on the topic of return to our indigenous land - we all just care a little too much,
Do you try to avoid the topic of Aliyah altogether? Maybe you actually want it more than you've dared to admit, because of work, spouse, kids, parents or something else?
Research shows that working with images and words playfully unlocks thoughts and feelings that direct conversation doesn’t usually reach effectively. The result is being able to clearly express what you actually think and feel about Israel and Aliyah, without the topic becoming a hot potato at the Shabbat table.
Why it works:
- Research-based methods
- Developed by an educational counselor who made Aliyah as a teenager and knows this journey from the inside
- Raised three children in Israel
- Designed for authentic conversations at every age and stage of your Aliyah journey
About the Creator
I'm Lee Uzziah. Educator, Counselor, and the creator of Israel Dream Lab. When I made Aliyah as a teenager, it wasn't entirely my idea, and I won't pretend it was easy. But I stayed, built a life, and raised three children here. I know this journey from the inside. The excitement, the longing, and the identity questions that come with immigration, are present throughout Aliyah, as well. These are some of the topics that I address through the tools on this website, to make the journey lighter and quicker for you and your family.
As I grew up and started a family of my own, I realized: once an Oleh, always an Oleh. Making Aliyah is an ongoing process, no matter how many decades have passed. Each milestone in life is another step in making Aliyah that requires processing and understanding anew.
My background is in photography and new media, a BFA that led me, not so accidentally, toward phototherapy. I went on to complete an MA in Educational Counseling in Israel, and spent years working with teenagers and families navigating some of the hardest transitions of their lives.
The tools I am sharing through Israel Dream Lab are some of the same tools I use in one on one or group counseling.
Israel Dream Lab is here to support you and your family wherever you are in your Aliyah journey, before, during, and after the move.
Not sure where to start? Let's talk. →
Join the Israel Dream Lab Community on WhatsApp
Free tools, honest conversations, and a little something to get you started on your Aliyah Journey
When you join, you'll receive the “Aliyah Readiness Check,” a free, private reflection tool designed by an Aliyah counselor to help you understand your readiness along the Aliyah journey. 5 questions offer you a moment of reflection to check in with yourself and / or your partners in the journey.
As a community member you'll also receive monthly content drops: exclusive images, quotes, and prompts to add to your Dream Board, seasonal content tied to Jewish holidays and the Israeli calendar, early access to tools and products not yet available on the site, and direct access to Lee for questions, conversations, and community offers.
Letters From Lee
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Why not make Aliyah?
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