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New immigrants from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 14, 2019. Photo by Flash90

You don’t have to be a Zionist to make aliyah

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When I made aliyah, I was not a Zionist. It’s a strange fact to share as most people know me as a proud American-Jew-become-Israeli who blogs about Israel, makes videos about Israel, wrote a book about...
A total of 140 new arrivals from France landed at Ben-Gurion International on Aug. 3, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Citing anti-Semitism in Europe, 140 French Jews move to Israel

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A total of 140 new olim (“immigrants”) from France arrived in Israel earlier this week and were welcomed at Ben-Gurion Airport by Pnina Tamano-Shata, Israeli Minister of Immigration and Absorption, and the president of the International...
Some 78 lone soldiers headed for service in the Israel Defense Forces arrived in Israel in two aliyah flights on July 27 and July 28, 2020. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

Future lone soldiers land in Israel on two group flights

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Two flights of new olim arrived in Israel this week—one on Monday and another on Tuesday—with 78 lone soldiers headed for service in the Israel Defense Forces. Another 42 individuals also came to make their homes...
New immigrants from Brazil arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport in May. Credit: The Jewish Agency for Israel.

COVID-19 continued spread drives Brazilian Jews to immigrate to Israel

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Thousands of Brazilian Jews interested in immigrating to Israel attended an online fair this week, organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel. Since March, 140 Brazilian Jews have arrived in Israel. This week’s online aliyah fair for Brazilian...
El Al Lockheed Constellation plane. Credit: David Eldan via Wikimedia Commons.

Reflections on ‘aliyah’

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This week marks the 43rd anniversary of my aliyah. In July 1977, I arrived in Israel for what I had thought was going to be a 12-month stint. But when I completed the one-year program...
Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Isaac Herzog (right screen) addresses Diaspora leaders (left screen) and staff on July 8, 2020. Credit: Jewish Agency for Israel.

Isaac Herzog: 2,200 Jews died of coronavirus in countries other than US, Russia

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Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog told Jewish leaders from abroad that the coronavirus has claimed the lives of some 2,200 Diaspora Jews, not counting those from the United States and Russia, the...
New immigrants from North America arrive in Israel on a 'Group Aliyah Flight' sponsored by Nefesh B'Nefesh. August 14, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Nefesh B’Nefesh signs deal with El Al for 14 ‘Group Aliyah Flights’

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The NGO Nefesh B’Nefesh, which facilitates immigration to Israel from North America and the United Kingdom, announced that it had signed a contract with EL AL Airlines for 14 “Group Aliyah Flights” from New...
A vacation villa near the Kineret, or Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel. Credit: Courtesy.

American Jews seek real estate in Israel post-COVID-19

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While the world waits to see how the coronavirus pandemic will affect real estate trends worldwide, Israel’s real estate is seeing a boom in interest—from investors purchasing properties as long-term investments, to families expediting...

In an era of global uncertainty, record numbers of Jews seek to return ‘home’

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In a time of darkness, a time of pandemic, pandemonium and power struggles, a thin ray of light can be seen in the Jewish world. The results are in: In May, the number of North...
New immigrants from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight" on behalf of the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel on Aug. 14, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

No time like a pandemic to make aliyah, say North American Jews

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May saw the highest number of American and Canadian Jews requesting to make aliyah through the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization since it was founded in 2002, according to numbers obtained by Israel Hayom. The figures indicate that the number...