Tag: Jewish Agency for Israel
Nefesh B’Nefesh welcomes 74,000th new immigrant ahead of Israel’s 74th year
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...
After slow start, Israel’s ‘aliyah’ machine for Ukraine kicks into gear
The Ukraine war has led to a wave of aliyah from the war-torn country, along with a wave of criticism as organizations managing that immigration came under fire for not working faster. On March 18, the...
Nefesh B’Nefesh ‘Medex’ gathering eases path for medical professionals to make aliyah
Medical professionals planning to move to Israel gathered this week for the MedEx aliyah event held at the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe in New Jersey and sponsored by Nefesh B’Nefesh, with cooperation from the Jewish Agency...
Jewish Agency launches ‘Aliyah Express’ to expedite Ukrainian move to Israel
In anticipation of a massive wave of immigration from Ukraine, the Jewish Agency for Israel has launched its “Aliyah Express” program to expedite the immigration process resulting in thousands of Ukrainian Jewish refugees arriving in...
Even when Israeli citizens do not want to go back to Israel the Jewish...
The Jewish Agency for Israel has opened six aliyah-processing stations at Ukrainian borders, the agency said on Saturday night.
The stations are located in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary, and are being operated through a collaboration...
Is Ruth Calderon unfit to head the Jewish Agency?
When Israel embarked on “Operation Guardian of the Walls” following massive rocket fire from Hamas in the Gaza Strip in May, the country needed national unity.
Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received full support for the...
Israelis in Kyiv asked to contact Foreign Ministry amid Ukraine-Russia tensions
Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Embassy in Kyiv have asked Israelis in the country to provide them with contact information, apparently in preparation for a possible military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine. Some...
Jewish Agency, WZO launch Holocaust-remembrance social-media campaign
The Jewish Agency for Israel announced on Tuesday the launch, together with the World Zionist Organization, of a social-media campaign to memorialize the victims of the Shoah.
The “Forever in Their Name” campaign, which will...
Jewish Agency for Israel names new director of educational innovation
The Jewish Agency for Israel has named Rabbi Joe Schwartz as its new director of educational innovation and of Makom: The Israeli Education Lab, the organization’s central resource for educating and empowering professionals to...
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai mulls Jewish Agency chair bid
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai has joined the growing list of candidates vying for the chairmanship of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
The 74-year-old previously served as deputy Knesset speaker and a former spokesperson for the...