The horrific shooting attack on the Chanukah party has generated a variety of responses and recommendations, from tolerance education and self-defense to increasing synagogue attendance as a show of defiance by holding larger public Chanukah celebrations.

Remarkably, however, one of the most obvious possible responses to antisemitic violence has been almost completely absent from the post-shooting dialogue: aliyah.

Immigration by Jews to Israel has never been more than a trickle — for example, from the United States typically 2,000 to 3,500 annually, less than one-fourth of one percent of the American Jewish community before October 7. In 2024, the United States and Canada (combined) saw 3,340 Jews make aliyah