By now you probably have the conversation memorized.
Someone asks whether you’ve thought about Israel. You say yes, seriously, for a while now. They ask when. You say you’re looking into it. They nod. You change the subject to something less exposed, and the whole exchange ends exactly where it started.
You’ve had this conversation at kiddush, at your in-laws’ table, in the car on the way home from your last trip. The details shift. The ending never does.
Olim Advisors is hosting a parlor meeting in Queens specifically to break that loop.
The Details
Tuesday, November 10, at 7 p.m.
Somebody Already Made This Drive. He Shouldn’t Have Had To.
Worth knowing before you decide whether this parlor meeting is worth your time.
Back in the spring, Olim Advisors and its partner firms held six of these gatherings around New Jersey and New York, pulling in over 150 people across the series. One attendee at the Englewood meeting had come up from Washington, DC. He’d already sat through the webinars. He wasn’t short on information.
What he wanted was a room. Specific questions, specific answers, delivered by someone sitting across from him rather than streaming into his laptop.
He drove four hours to attend the meeting, and he felt that attending it was well worth the time spent driving there.
The Thing Everyone Is Too Embarrassed to Say
The second story from the spring tour is the one people tend to recognize themselves in.
In West Hempstead, a woman waited until the room had thinned out before approaching Rafi Shulman of Olim Advisors. She seemed deflated. What she told him came down to this: Everyone in that room looked like they had a plan, and she didn’t have one.
Shulman’s response was that most people don’t walk in with a plan. Most of Olim Advisors’ clients start from the very beginning of the journey, and the firm moves at whatever speed the person in front of them can actually handle.
A few minutes later, she wasn’t talking about how far behind she felt. She was talking about the two or three concrete things she could do by the end of the month.
If you read that and felt something, this meeting was designed for you. Not for the family with a flight booked. For the person who has been circling this for years and still can’t locate step one.
Who Should Be in the Room
Anyone weighing aliyah. Anyone trying to picture what daily life in Israel would actually involve. Anyone thinking about buying property there.
Some attendees will arrive with a target date. Others will arrive having told exactly one person they’re considering it. Both belong. Nothing will be asked of you beyond showing up.
What the Meeting Covers
Real information from people who handle this for a living, as opposed to another round of guidance from the neighbor who made aliyah in 1997 and maintains that nothing has changed.
How aliyah actually works. The sequence, the paperwork, the offices, and crucially, which pieces demand your attention versus which resolve themselves without you worrying about them.
Israeli real estate currently on the table, including several time-limited opportunities carrying substantial discounts. That phrase gets abused in marketing. In this case, it describes the situation.
Professionals you’d otherwise have to hunt down one at a time. Aliyah planning, property, Israeli real estate law, cross-border finance, and telecom, all present and all available to talk, which saves you hours of trying to coordinate multiple calls across a seven-hour time difference.
Your own questions answered. The ones Google can’t handle because the answer depends on your family, your assets, your timeline, and where you pay tax.
About Olim Advisors
In business since 2016, Olim Advisors has guided thousands of people through relocating to Israel and buying into the Israeli property market. The firm operates as a single point of contact for both, assigning every client a dedicated advisor who carries them from the first question through to the end.
Two things separate the firm from the alternatives.
The first is how far the aliyah service goes. Advisors don’t simply walk you through the bureaucracy in theory; they book the appointments and show up at them with you in Israel. Anyone who has stood in a government office clutching a paper number while a clerk explains something consequential at full conversational Hebrew speed will immediately see the value.
The second is the real estate side, and here the point is blunt: their real estate service costs you nothing. Objective guidance, entry to the firm’s professional network, and visibility into live projects are provided completely free. No commission out of your pocket, no consultation fee, no retainer. Because the firm isn’t steering you toward one particular building, what you receive is an honest read rather than a sales pitch. That policy has been in place since October 7 and remains so.
Beyond the paid aliyah packages, Olim Advisors keeps a continuous flow of free material running through webinars, email guides, WhatsApp groups, and Facebook communities.
Who’s Going?
Rabbi Beni Krohn and six other firms will be presenting with Olim Advisors, each covering a different piece of the puzzle:
Rabbi Beni and Chani Krohn: Rabbi Beni and Chani Krohn bring warmth, leadership, and extensive community experience to Eden, a Torah-centered community in Beit Shemesh dedicated to building strong families and a vibrant kehillah rooted in Torah values.
Kelly Stern Realty specializes in helping English-speaking buyers navigate the Israeli real estate market, with a focus on finding the right home and community to meet their needs. Through its involvement in projects such as Eden in Beit Shemesh, Kelly Stern Realty helps connect families from abroad with exciting opportunities to purchase a home in Israel and build their future in Eretz Yisrael.
GroupBuy Investments manages Israeli property purchases, whether as investments or future homes, through a complete package spanning legal work, fund transfers, property management, and finding tenants. The firm partners with major Israeli developers and assembles buyers into groups to access sought-after projects.
Avraham Levinsky Law Firm operates out of Jerusalem, handling real estate law for foreign residents and guiding dozens of families annually through aliyah and property acquisition. A particular specialty is identifying purchase tax reductions that plenty of olim qualify for without ever realizing it.
Green Peak Advisors is a boutique practice built around clients whose financial lives straddle the United States and Israel, advising on investments, retirement, tax coordination, and estate planning.
IsraTransfer has moved large sums internationally since 2008 for more than 15,000 clients, delivering white-glove service, exchange rates banks generally can’t match, and a workaround for buyers who haven’t yet managed to open an Israeli account.
TCS Telecom installs and maintains internet, mobile, and television service for olim and English speakers across Israel, with English-language billing included. That last detail sounds minor right up until the month you need to contest a charge.
Reserve Your Spot
Space is limited, and advance registration is required.
Bring your questions, your spouse, and the list of things you’ve been meaning to figure out.
And if the honest answer is that you have no plan whatsoever, come anyway. That’s precisely who this is for.
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