Tag: Aliyah
Israeli rabbis visit America, some for first time, to better understand US Jews
“We want to know them, to understand them and to know how to make it easier for them if they will consider making aliyah,” a participant told JNS.
Last month, 17 Israeli rabbis visited the...
On Sigd, an Israeli diplomat reflects on her country’s diversity
My earliest memories are of my mother telling me stories about our ancestors in Ethiopia—from the persecution they faced for being Jewish to their hopes that their descendants would one day live in the...
100-year-old great-grandmother immigrates to Israel
A 100-year-old great-grandmother of 15 became the oldest person to immigrate to Israel this year, the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency for Israel said on Thursday.
Sara Unterberg moved to Israel from Uruguay last week to be...
After nearly 25 years together, Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders still put the soul in ‘The...
During a 70-minute conversation with U.S. journalists and a social-media influencer in a conference room at the Nefesh B’Nefesh headquarters in Jerusalem, the nonprofit’s leaders presented as Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau of “The...
Diaspora Jewry has ‘somewhere to go’
Throughout history, Jewish communities have lived with an unspoken understanding: always have a plan B. For nearly two millennia, this meant maintaining the ability to leave when social winds shifted, when tolerance turned to...
110 new immigrants arrive in Israel day after Iran ceasefire
Over 100 new immigrants from Europe arrived in Israel on Wednesday, just one day after the ceasefire with Iran took effect, according to Israel's Aliyah and Integration Ministry.
Most of the 110 new immigrants on...
75 years ago, Iraq stripped its Jews of citizenship
On March 9, 1950, Iraq’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate approved the "Supplement to Ordinance Cancelling Iraqi Nationality" law. It stipulated that Jews could leave the country, on condition they renounce their citizenship and their...
Nefesh B’Nefesh opens Tel Aviv aliyah center
Nefesh B’Nefesh has opened an aliyah center in Tel Aviv, aimed to facilitate the absorption of new immigrants and assist "lone soldiers"— those in Israel without close family who can help them—in the county’s...
Israel expands tax benefits for immigrant home buyers
The Knesset voted on Monday to expand tax benefits granted to new citizens who purchase their first home in the Jewish state amid an expected wave of immigration due to the global rise of...
Jewish Federations help bring 3,170 Ethiopian Jews to new home in Israel
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) announced on Tuesday that it had enabled a total of 3,170 Ethiopians to make aliyah—comprising 1,535 men, 1,635 women and 754 families—as part of a two-year, $9 million campaign that...