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The lobby at the Nefesh B'Nefesh Tel Aviv Center. Photo by Shay Azulay/LUZ photography.

Nefesh B’Nefesh opens Tel Aviv aliyah center

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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

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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

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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...

Israeli officials encourage ‘aliyah’ while affirming US Jewish communities strong

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Call it the story of the Oct. 8 Jew. This past Sunday at the Jerusalem Conference in New York, executives of Israel’s government and nonprofit immigration agencies were joined on stage by a high-ranking official...

At ‘emergency summit,’ EJA head calls on Israel to prepare for influx of European...

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As hundreds of Jews descended on Amsterdam for an “emergency summit,” the head of the European Jewish Association on Monday called on Israel to prepare for a mass influx of immigrants as antisemitism skyrockets...

‘Aliyah’ applications from Western countries surge since Oct. 7

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Israel expects a wave of immigration in the wake of the war against Hamas, fueled by solidarity with the Jewish state and antisemitism rising worldwide, the minister of aliyah and integration said on Wednesday. Some 6,500 people...
New immigrants from North America arrive on a flight organized by the Nefesh B'Nefesh NGO, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel, Aug. 14, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Aliyah to a nation at war: Rediscovering Israel following Oct. 7

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The year 2023 was marked by a decline in the number of immigrants to Israel, but it seems that the war that has been going on here in the last three months could have...
Edward Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.

In memoriam: The man who fostered my love of Israel

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I’ve been writing this column for more than a decade, but this week will, sadly, be very different for a few dozen of my readers. I’m referring to a group of people—friends, family members, Israel...
Esther Brown, 18, from Mexico. Credit: Courtesy.

100 Jewish young men and women make ‘aliyah’ to enlist in IDF

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Some 100 young Jewish men and women from around the world have decided to make aliyah and enlist in the Israel Defense Forces as Israel wages war against the Hamas terrorist organization. In a month, they will...
New immigrants to Israel hold a placard at Ben-Gurion International Airport reading, “The People of Israel Live,” Oct. 19, 2023. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

New ‘olim’ show up to support their new homeland in time of war

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As rockets from Gaza continue to rain down across Israel following the carnage of the Hamas attack on the western Negev that began on Oct. 7, and foreign nations including the United States consider...