Tag: Aliyah
Christian group funding incoming flights of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel
In the aftermath of Israel approving immigration flights from Ethiopia, the first group of 80 Ethiopian newcomers will arrive on Monday evening on flights organized by the Jewish Agency and funded by the International...
Pew study shows Israelis prefer skilled immigrants eligible for citizenship
In a survey of economically advanced countries conducted by the Pew Research Center, Israel was one of just three countries in which the majority of respondents did not support the immigration of highly trained...
At the start of 2019, Israel’s population nears 9 million
With the start of 2019 approaches, Israel’s population is 28,000 away from 9 million people, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced on Monday.
The count of 8,972,000 is 174,000 more people than the previous year,...
In 2018, more than 3,500 North Americans made Israel their new home
Following the publication of the official year-end statistics by the Jewish Agency for Israel, Nefesh B’Nefesh assisted a total of 3,546 new immigrants (olim) from North America in cooperation with the Jewish Agency for...
Hundreds of gap-year students gather in Jerusalem to explore futures in Israel
Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh, hosted its fifth annual Israel Fair on Saturday night in the center of Jerusalem.
The fair is designed to help young potential new immigrants (olim) who are...
Israel organizes government team to help French Jews make aliyah
A special team comprised of Israeli government leaders is being put together to prepare for the absorption of tens of thousands of French Jews, who are growing increasingly concerned following attacks against Jews in...
Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the context of ‘yellow jacket’ protest in France
According to a comprehensive survey among 16,300 Jews in 12 European countries released earlier this week by the European Commission and the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), anti-Semitism has once again spiked in...
Israel’s Diaspora affairs minister to devise plan to bring French Jews to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed Diaspora Affairs and Education Minister Naftali Bennett to formulate a plan to increase Jewish immigration from France.
At the weekly government meeting on Sunday, Bennett spoke of the...
Nefesh B’Nefesh to hold winter ‘aliyah’ fairs in US
Nefesh B’Nefesh will provide prospective immigrants to Israel with the opportunity to have questions about aliyahanswered under one roof at informational fairs in major American cities in December. The fairs will be held in cooperation...
Ethiopian Israelis celebrate annual Sigd holiday
Jewish Ethiopians celebrated the holiday of Sigd on Wednesday, with schools around Israel engaging students in special programming to teach about the unique Ethiopian Jewish holiday.
Sigd, a holiday of supplication and yearning to return...