Today all is takes is $1500 for an plane ticket and you are there in 12 hours
When we made aliyah I told my kids that they would be able to do things here that their friends in America could only dream about. I said, “If your friends want to come, they have to make plans ahead of time, and spend mucho money, and spend hours traveling to the airport, waiting at the airport, then on the plane. If you want to go to Yerushalayim, you hop on a bus for 15 shekels, and 1 hour later, you’re there. Always be grateful for that.”