Tag: Israel Ministry of Aliyah and Integration
Nefesh B’Nefesh launches new institute for aliyah and strategy
It’s been three years since Hanna and Shamshy Schlager traded their home in New York for a new one in Modi’in, Israel.
It’s been a good three years, they’ll tell you, a time of growth,...
Aliyah minister earns Begin Heritage Center’s award for Israeli leadership
Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata was granted the 2021 Begin Award for Israeli leadership.
Pnina Tamano-Shata has helped paved the way for many women and was appointed to serve as the first member...
Bnei Menashe couples from India remarry near Netanya
Eleven Bnei Menashe couples who immigrated to Israel from northeastern India were remarried in a group ceremony at Shavei Israel’s absorption center near Netanya after completing their formal conversion to Judaism by the Chief Rabbinate.
The 11...
Israel’s Aliyah Ministry launches emotional support hotline for immigrants
Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration on Tuesday announced the inception of a call center offering new immigrants emotional support. The hotline, which will operate in five languages, is part of a collaboration with the...
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...
Nefesh B’Nefesh signs deal with El Al for 14 ‘Group Aliyah Flights’
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...
Group of 119 Ethiopian new immigrants land in Israel on Jerusalem Day
Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and the Jewish Agency for Israel just welcomed 119 Ethiopian immigrants who will begin their new life in Israel.
Upon their arrival on May 21, the new immigrants were...
Aliyah continues with 18 Americans in age of corona
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...
60,000th new immigrant to Israel on 60th Nefesh charter flight
A total of 242 new olim from North America landed on Tuesday at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Nefesh B’Nefesh’s 60th specially chartered EL AL flight, with the 60,000th new immigrant onboard.
They came from a variety of...
The daughters of two prominent American Jewish leaders make ‘aliyah’
Lily Daroff and Nechama Miller, daughters of prominent leaders of the American Jewish community, were among 242 other North Americans who landed as new permanent arrivals in Israel on Tuesday, part of the latest...