Top Tip : Zionists...

 

...I'm not Jewish 

or a doctor

However, never one to let being completely ineligible and unqualified stop me applying for anything I applied anyway and received the following reply

Shalom Anthony,

Thank you for contacting the Jewish Agency.

Firstly, in order to make Aliyah you have to be eligible. Under the Law of Return, to make Aliyah you need to have a Jewish parent and/or grandparent, or be Jewish yourself.

Any Jewish ancestry more remote than grandparents, even when having solid proof of the Jewishness of those ancestors, is beyond the scope of the Law of Return and therefore not accepted for Aliyah.

Please note that certain restrictions do apply to the Law of Return. For more information please see the link below.

https://archive.jewishagency.org/first-steps/program/5131/ 

In order to prove Jewishness, you need to have a letter from a community Rabbi stating that you, a parent or grandparent is Jewish.

If there is no Rabbi who can do this based on personal knowledge of yourself or your family, Jewish burial or marriage records can be used as proof and a community Rabbi can confirm your Jewish background based on documents.

If you have no documents proving your Jewish background, we have no way to assist your case. Please note that DNA tests are not valid proofs of Jewishness for Aliyah purposes.

If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us on, gci-en@jafi.org

Sincerely,

Alina