Tag: Immigration
Nefesh B’Nefesh inaugurates campus in Jerusalem to better serve new immigrants
The aliyah-facilitating organization Nefesh B’Nefesh inaugurated a new, state-of-the art campus in Jerusalem at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. Among those present included Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata, Ashkenazi...
Enrique Morones: U.S. Must Be More Welcoming to Migrants
Migrant rights advocate Enrique Morones told a Tifereth Israel Synagogue audience that the United States should adopt an immigration policy that is more coherent and more humane.
Morones, founding president of Gente Unida (People United), said approximately...
‘Good riddance, Merkel,’ says Jewish-German newspaper publisher
Rafael Korenzecher, publisher of the conservative Germany Jewish monthly, Jüdische Rundschau, does not spare any nicety in his parting words to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose successor will be determined after the German federal elections on Sept....
North American immigration to Israel spikes after ‘year of COVID’
Some 5,000 new immigrants from the United States and Canada are scheduled to immigrate to Israel by the end of 2021, according to new data published by the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization in conjunction with...
Why do Jewish groups no longer care about ‘kids in cages’?
If there was one cause that united all critics of former President Donald Trump during the past four years, it was their horror and outrage about “kids in cages.” In the view of most...
Thinking of moving abroad if your candidate loses?
According to one Jewish news website, a Canadian immigration lawyer’s business is booming thanks to the U.S. presidential election. While talk of moving to the Great White North if the candidate you don’t support wins is...
Citing anti-Semitism in Europe, 140 French Jews move to Israel
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...
Ethiopian-Israeli politician proposes town for immigrants from his country of origin
The Israeli government is examining a proposal to establish a town expressly for immigrants from Ethiopia. If the idea is approved, it could come under criticism as a supposed attempt to separate that immigrant...
Germany eases immigration regulations for Jews coming from former Soviet Union
Germany’s government has announced that it has eased immigration rules for Jews arriving from the former Soviet Union.
The new regulations will primarily impact Jews that are more than 60 years old and handicapped, in...
Trump to ‘temporarily suspend immigration’ due to pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy,...