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Ethiopian Jews are greeted by family members as they arrive at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport, as part of an aliyah flight arranged by the Jewish Agency for Israel and sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem in June 2017. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Christian group funding incoming flights of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel

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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...
Russian immigrants (new olim) attend an event marking the 25th anniversary of the great Russian aliyah to Israel from the former Soviet Union at the Jerusalem Convention Center on Dec. 24, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Pew study shows Israelis prefer skilled immigrants eligible for citizenship

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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...
Thousands pray for forgiveness at a Selichot service, prior to the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sept. 16, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

At the start of 2019, Israel’s population nears 9 million

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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,...
Young women arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport after a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah flight, October 2018. Credit: Jonny Finkel Photography.

In 2018, more than 3,500 North Americans made Israel their new home

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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 in Israel attended the fifth annual Israel Fair in Jerusalem on Dec. 23, 2018, sponsored by Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh. Credit: Yonit Schiller.

Hundreds of gap-year students gather in Jerusalem to explore futures in Israel

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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...
Some 300 new immigrants from France arrive on a special "Aliyah Flight" organized by the Jewish Agency, at Ben-Gurion Airport in central Israel on July 23, 2018. More French Jews are expected to arrive. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel organizes government team to help French Jews make aliyah

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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...
Yellow vests movement protest in Belfort, France, on Dec. 1, 2018. Photo by Thomas Bresson/Wikimedia Commons.

Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the context of ‘yellow jacket’ protest in France

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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...
The wreath left outside the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris by U.S. Credit: U.S. Department of State.

Israel’s Diaspora affairs minister to devise plan to bring French Jews to Israel

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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...
Children land at Ben-Gurion Airport and are greeted by Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart, as well as Israel's Minister of Aliyah and Integration, Sofa Landver. Credit: Photo by Shahar Azran.

Nefesh B’Nefesh to hold winter ‘aliyah’ fairs in US

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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...
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on Nov. 7, 2018. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate their community's connection and commitment to Israel. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate annual Sigd holiday

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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...