Tag: Jewish National Fund
French ‘olim’ help fill needed health-care gaps in northern Israel
As a wave of Islamist terror directed at churches and priests raises religious tensions in France, a special group of recent French immigrants is relieved to be settling into their new life in Nahariya,...
North American ‘aliyah’ tour travels east to west, noting anti-Semitism, assimilation
Nefesh B’Nefesh is hosting multiple aliyah events across North America to enable prospective new immigrants (olim) to be as prepared as possible for their move to Israel.
The tour started on Sunday with Nefesh B’Nefesh’s annual...
Nefesh B’Nefesh to hold winter ‘aliyah’ fairs in US
Nefesh B’Nefesh will provide prospective immigrants to Israel with the opportunity to have questions about aliyahanswered under one roof at informational fairs in major American cities in December. The fairs will be held in cooperation...
Kids get a ‘time out’ from the unrest near Gaza
For five months now, since March 2018, Israeli communities bordering Gaza have sustained ongoing terrorism and arson from hundreds of rockets and incendiary devices, causing constant stress and chaos for the 50,000 people who...
Future community center breaks ground in the southern Negev
Quite literally among the booms and billows of black smoke across the nearby Gaza border, deep in Israel’s southern Negev Desert, the new community of Shlomit laid a cornerstone and broke ground for their...
Breaking down barriers: Bedouin women take reins of their future in Israel
For hundreds of years, Bedouin tribes have wandered the deserts of the Middle East, and to this day, many cultural traditions unique to the Bedouin have remained unchanged, almost appearing frozen in time.
While many...
After 90 years, Gush Etzion land registered as Jewish-owned
In a historic move, more than 850 dunams (210 acres) of land in the town of Kfar Etzion in Judea will be registered in the name of the Jewish National Fund (JNF).
The decision to...