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A young immigrant to Israel arrives from Moscow as coronavirus cases have increased in Russia and flattened in Israel, May 19, 2020. Photo by Svetlana Soroka.

Aliyah increases in midst of coronavirus pandemic

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The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is currently supporting the Jewish Agency for Israel and Keren Hayesod with bringing an unexpected wave in aliyah amid the coronavirus  pandemic. It has already sponsored flights for 601 Jewish immigrants since...
A young arrival with a soldier from the IDF HomeFront Command, who was helping the North Americans with their entry to Israel, May 5, 2020. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

Aliyah continues with 18 Americans in age of corona

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Eighteen new immigrants to Israel landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday as part of a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah flight, arriving amid increased interest in aliyah among North American Jews. The new arrivals, ranging in ages from a...
From left: Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founder and executive director Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, NBN co-founder Tony Gelbart and Sylvan Adams with 2019 Bonei Zion Young Leadership recipient Miriam Ballin. Photo by Sasson Tiram.

Nefesh B’Nefesh announces Bonei Zion Prize recipients

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The Nefesh B’Nefesh organization announced on Sunday that seven outstanding olim (immigrants to Israel) from English-speaking countries will be awarded the 2020 Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize, recognizing Anglos who have made a major contribution...
The Karoly family in New York packing up to move to Israel. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Aliyah’ in times of crisis

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Making aliyah is never easy, let alone in the age of coronavirus. However much someone dreams of moving to Israel and tries to plan it out to the last detail, things never quite go as expected. My...
The Karoly family packs up in New York before making aliyah to Israel on March 19, 2020. Photo by Shahar Azran.

24 new olim to Israel arrive from US on group flight

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Twenty-four people hailing from New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Thursday to start new lives in Israel through an aliyah flight and program organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh, in...
Attorney Jane Olman presented the Mega Aliyah Event on March 15, 2020. Credit: Nefesh B'Nefesh.

‘Virtual’ Mega Aliyah Event draws 2,500 participants in face of coronavirus crisis

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The annual Mega Aliyah Event, which provides potential new immigrants (olim) with an all-encompassing slate of resources for retirees, young professionals, medical professionals, families and singles, that was set to take place in New...
The empty arrival hall at Ben-Gurion International Airport on March 11, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

New immigrants to Israel jump right in … to a coronavirus quarantine

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The first few weeks after making aliyah are typically a flurry of activity, with the newly minted Israeli dashing from government offices to banks to setting up utilities to schools to register the kids, not to...
People celebrating Israel's 71st Independence Day in Saker Park in Jerusalem, May 9, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

What makes Israel the 13th happiest country in the world?

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“Happy are those who dwell in Your house.” — Psalm 84  It’s official. Israel has been named the 13th happiest country in the world. So says the 2019 United Nations World Happiness Report, which ranks...
Members of the Falash Mura community make their way to reunite with their families at Ben-Gurion International Airport, outside Tel Aviv, on Feb. 4, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli government approves immigration of 400 Falash Mura

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The Israeli government’s recent approval of a plan to allow nearly 400 Ethiopian Jews from the Falash Mura sect to immigrate to Israel has touched off political controversy in the country. Following Sunday’s Cabinet approval,...
The Shopotinsky family—Alexander, Victoria, Sergey and Elizabetha—leave Ukraine to make their new home in Israel, partly due to rising anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe, Jan. 27, 2020 .Credit: The Fellowship.

Ukrainian ‘olim’ land in Israel on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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A total of 184 new immigrants (olim) making aliyah from Ukraine via the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews landed in Israel on six separate flights on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Many noted that anti-Semitism...