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Israel expands tax benefits for immigrant home buyers

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The Knesset voted on Monday to expand tax benefits granted to new citizens who purchase their first home in the Jewish state amid an expected wave of immigration due to the global rise of...

‘Aliyah’ applications from Western countries surge since Oct. 7

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Israel expects a wave of immigration in the wake of the war against Hamas, fueled by solidarity with the Jewish state and antisemitism rising worldwide, the minister of aliyah and integration said on Wednesday. Some 6,500 people...
New immigrants from North America arrive on a flight organized by the Nefesh B'Nefesh NGO, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel, Aug. 14, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Aliyah to a nation at war: Rediscovering Israel following Oct. 7

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The year 2023 was marked by a decline in the number of immigrants to Israel, but it seems that the war that has been going on here in the last three months could have...
Ukrainian Jewish immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv as part of an aliyah from Ukraine on Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israel’s immigration ministry to refocus efforts on the West

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In part due to the war in Ukraine, Israel is reorienting its immigration efforts from former Soviet Union countries to Western nations, such as France and the United States. Israel's Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir...
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...
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...
New immigrants Charley and Shaked Smith, and their baby son, Adar, on April 27, 2022. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

Nefesh B’Nefesh welcomes 74,000th new immigrant ahead of Israel’s 74th year

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Nefesh B’Nefesh, in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF-USA, welcomed its 74,000th new immigrant on Wednesday. Charley Smith, 34, made aliyah from Florida and reunited...
Israeli National Insurance Institute director general Meir Spiegler in Jerusalem, Dec. 26, 2021. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Meir Spiegler to head Israeli task force for Ukraine refugee integration

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano Shata announced on Monday the appointment of Meir Spiegler to head the National Task Force on the absorption of refugees from Ukraine, Russia and...
A total of 235 new immigrants from the Bnei Menashe community in India landed in Israel on Oct. 13, 2021. Credit: Laura Ben David, courtesy of Shavei Israel.

Bnei Menashe group of 235 from India lands at Ben-Gurion on Yom HaAliyah

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A total of 235 new immigrants from the Bnei Menashe community in India landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday as part of the Yom HaAliyah national celebration on Oct. 12-13. Hailing from Manipur in...
Twelve future lone soldiers from North America landed on a Nefesh B’Nefesh Group Aliyah Flight to serve in the Israel Defense Forces and make their homes in the Jewish state, Aug. 10, 2021. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

Future lone soldiers arrive with Nefesh B’Nefesh during summer ‘aliyah’ peak

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Twelve future lone soldiers were among new immigrants who landed this week on a Nefesh B’Nefesh Group Aliyah Flight, in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren...