Yerida and Yored in 10 Minutes

Podcast: Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time · Adam Diament

Opublikowano: 2026-10-21

In the lexicon of Zionism, where aliyah—"ascent"—celebrates the return of Jews to the Land of Israel, its shadowed counterpart is yerida, the "descent" of those who leave, and the yored who chooses life beyond the state's borders. For decades the term carried a quiet sting of disappointment or even betrayal in Israeli society, a reminder of the gap between the dream of permanent homecoming and the economic, personal, or security pressures that have led successive generations to seek their future abroad, yet it also reflects the open, democratic reality of a people free at last to come and...