Tag: Aliyah
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...
Fleeing hardship and war, some 400 Ukrainians leave for Israel
Fleeing economic hardship and ongoing war in their native country, some 400 new immigrants from Ukraine are scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday and Thursday via two special flights coordinated by the International...
Ethiopian Bible contest participant’s family given permission to make aliyah
The family of Sintayehu Shafrao, a young Ethiopian who competed in Israel’s 2018 International Bible Contest but was told he was not allowed to remain, has been given the go-ahead to make aliyah.
Shafrao was allowed...
Welcome to Israel: 232 new immigrants arrive on ‘aliyah’
A total of 232 new immigrants touched down at Ben-Gurion Airport early on Wednesday morning on the latest aliyahflight chartered by the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization. On board from North America were 127 children under age...
Singer, composer and music producer Shim Craimer tunes in to ‘aliyah’
Shim Craimer, whose dulcet tones and high energy have secured him a place as a sought-after Jewish musical performer, has sung at hundreds of weddings in the New York area and in his native...
Greater numbers of senior citizens are making aliyah, according to report
The idea of aliyah—Jews immigrating to Israel from the Diaspora—generally conjures up the image of young single people or young families. But plenty of people aged 65 and over also make the decision to come...