Over the next few days, he is to check out the nation's stem-cell research and alternative energy operations.
His trip comes a few days before Barack Obama arrives there.
Corzine's visit is seen as a chance to promote Obama as a friend of Israel before the Democratic presidential candidate's arrival there.
Corzine's first two attempts to visit Israel were called off.
First, he had to stay in New Jersey because of a legislative spat over property tax reform. Later, he could not go after he was nearly killed in a car crash.