Tag: Aliyah
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...
Nefesh B’Nefesh presents outstanding Anglo ‘olim’ with 2018 Bonei Zion Prize
A pioneer of Israel’s “Start-Up Nation” culture, one of the Jewish world’s top educators and a founder of the women’s imaging medical field are among the seven recipients of the 2018 Sylvan Adams Nefesh...
33 Americans make ‘aliyah,’ in time to celebrate Israeli national holiday
As Israel marked the national holiday of Yom Ha’Aliyah (a day celebrating immigration to the Jewish state) on Oct. 16, a diverse group of 33 Americans immigrated to Israel before the weekend on a...
American Jewish baseball players to make aliyah for Israeli Olympic team
Ten American-Jewish Major League and Minor League Baseball players are beginning the process of making aliyah next week, in order to be eligible to play for Israel at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games.
Participants in the Olympics...
Embattled comedienne Roseanne Barr is moving to Israel
Roseanne Barr is moving to Israel, the American-Jewish comedienne and actress announced Sunday on Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s podcast.
“I have an opportunity to go to Israel for a few months and study with my favorite...