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Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart; executive vice president Zev Gershinsky; and Israeli Consul General in New York Ambassador Asaf Zamir with 40 future Lone Soldiers at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Photo by Shahar Azran.

‘Look forward,’ says lone soldier on 20th-anniversary ‘aliyah’ flight to Israel

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With lots of hugs and plenty of tears—and a mix of joy and anticipation, and excitement of the unknown—225 Jews from North America said goodbye to family and friends and left John F. Kennedy...
Jewish Ukrainians who fled war zones in the Ukraine, arriving on a rescue flight at Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, March 17, 2022. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.

Aliyah from Russia, Ukraine spikes following Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, immigration to Israel from both countries rose dramatically, according to data released on Wednesday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics. According to the CBS, 18,891 Russians and...
Jewish Ukrainians who fled war zones in Ukraine, seen leaving for the airport to board a Jewish Agency plane to Israel, March 6, 2022, in Warsaw, Poland. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Jewish Agency in Russia soldiers on despite tensions, immigration surge

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The Jewish Agency, which helps Jews immigrate to Israel, stands on shaky ground in Russia, as a Moscow court is set to hold a trial on its dissolution August 19. Even though it’s operating...
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Photographer RM/Shutterstock.

Lapid’s threats against Russia ‘not helpful’ amid Jewish Agency row

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Russia-Israel tensions have intensified in recent days as Moscow appears primed to force the “dissolution” of Jewish Agency for Israel operations in the country. An Israeli delegation prepared to head to Moscow with a...
Twin brothers Ari and Ron have landed in Israel, where they plan on joining the Shayetet 13 marine commando unit of the Israel Defense Forces, July 2022. Photo by Efrat Farajon.

Twin brothers make ‘aliyah,’ intend to enlist in IDF marine commando unit

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Twin brothers who will enlist in an elite Israel Defense Forces unit were among the 48 new immigrants to Israel from across North America who landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport last week on an El...
American Jewish conservative political commentator and columnist Ben Shapiro at the International Conservatism event in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2022. Source: Nadav Cohen Yonatan, GoLive.

Ben Shapiro explains why he has not made ‘aliyah’

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At the sold-out International Conservative Conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night, The Daily Wire’s editor emeritus Ben Shapiro explained why he has not moved to Israel. After being asked the question by journalist Amit Segal, Shapiro...
The Harvey and Gloria Kaylie Rehabilitation Medical Center at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran, a state-of-the-art rehabilitation, research and social center in southern Israel. Credit: ADI.

Israel approves grants for immigrant health-care professionals living in periphery

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Israel’s Aliyah and Integration Ministry announced on Monday that it will provide a grant package for immigrants working in the health-care and engineering sectors, and who reside in the country’s periphery. The grants will be...
A woman packs items to be sent to those in need in Ukraine. Credit: Jewish Federatiosn of North America.

To date, Jewish Federations deliver 1 million pounds of aid to Ukraine

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Since Russia went to war with Ukraine on Feb. 24—with more than 14 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 7 million of them seeking refuge in other countries—Jewish Federations of North America...
Ethiopian children in Gondar. Photo by Eliana Rudee.

Ethiopian families prepare for immigration to Israel, many after decades of waiting

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GONDAR, Ethiopia—Ahead of the immigration of 180 Ethiopians to Israel on June 1, a continuation of “Operation Tzur Israel (‘Operation Rock of Israel’),” Ethiopian families spoke with JNS in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. After...
From left: Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founder and chairman Tony Gelbart, Israel’s Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata, and Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founder and executive director Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, May 23, 2022. Photo by Naga Malasa.

Israel’s Minister of Aliyah touts recent Diaspora immigration

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Israel’s Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata heralded the growing number of Diaspora Jews who have come to the Jewish state in recent years. Yet if she had it her way, the influx is...