Tag: Immigration
Italy will ‘absolutely’ recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, says top Italian politician
These are tumultuous days for Matteo Salvini, head of Italy’s right-wing Lega (League) Party. Recent polls have projected that were elections to be held in Italy today, he would be elected prime minister, but...
Netanyahu lauds Soviet immigrants, criticizes harsh remarks by chief rabbi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized as “outrageous and inappropriate” recent comments by Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi about immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
According to Ynet, at a rabbinical gathering in Jerusalem last week, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef...
Immigration to Israel hits highest number in decade in 2019
An estimated 34,000 immigrants moved to Israel in 2019, the largest number per year in the past decade, according to numbers published by the Jewish Agency.
The data includes those who immigrated during the period...
Nefesh B’Nefesh to host ‘aliyah’ events in US, Canada through end of 2019
Nefesh B’Nefesh, the organization dedicated to revitalizing aliyah by minimizing the financial, professional, logistical and social obstacles associated with the process, will be providing prospective new olim (immigrants to Israel) with the opportunity to have all their practical...
Jewish anti-ICE protesters injured after truck, pepper spray used on crowd
Several Jewish protesters were injured on Wednesday evening when a pickup truck drove into their demonstration outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Rhode Island.
The majority of the injuries, however,...
200 immigrants from Latin America, Europe, Russia celebrate their arrival in Israel
Israeli leaders welcomed more than 200 new immigrants (olim) from France, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Russia on Wednesday at a festive reception at Ben-Gurion International Airport.
Kicking off this year’s “season of aliyah,” in which thousands...
Is support for open borders really in tune with Jewish values?
American Jews have a long and understandable tradition of advocacy for immigrants. That’s due in part to the fact that most Jews were the children and grandchildren of immigrants as the community first began...
Jewish protesters shut down Boston traffic over migrant detention centers
More than 1,000 demonstrators, including Jewish ones, shut down traffic in Boston on Tuesday, some chanting the post-Holocaust rallying cry “Never again” to protest the reportedly horrific conditions at migrant detention centers in the United States.
The...
Jewish groups slam Ocasio-Cortez for comparing US border control to ‘concentration camps’
Outrage from pro-Israel and Jewish groups is growing at U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for her remarks on Monday on her Instagram account that the United States is “running concentration camps on our southern...
Pew study shows Israelis prefer skilled immigrants eligible for citizenship
In a survey of economically advanced countries conducted by the Pew Research Center, Israel was one of just three countries in which the majority of respondents did not support the immigration of highly trained...