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New immigrants from Ethiopia at the Hadera absorption center in 1991. Credit: Israeli Tsvika/GPO.

Two of the 14,325 stories behind ‘Operation Solomon’

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Ethiopia was in the midst of a brutal civil war in 1991 when Israel decided to launch an intrepid mission that would bring 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to Israel over the course of 36 hours....
Eleven Bnei Menashe couples who immigrated to Israel from northeastern India were remarried in a group ceremony near Netanya after completing their formal conversion to Judaism by the Chief Rabbinate, Feb. 3, 2021. Photo by Laura Ben David, courtesy of Shavei Israel.

Bnei Menashe couples from India remarry near Netanya

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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...
Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel’s Aliyah Ministry launches emotional support hotline for immigrants

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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...
Ethiopian immigrants to Israel, part “Operation Tzur Israel” (“Rock of Israel”), after exiting the plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Dec. 3, 2020. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi, Courtesy of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

The long journey home of Ethiopian Jewry

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Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
Blue and White Party Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Credit: Courtesy.

MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh: Prompting a paradigm shift between Israel and the Diaspora

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Michal Cotler-Wunsh is an Israeli-Canadian member of Knesset currently serving within the Blue and White Party, though just announced that she will not run with Blue and White in the upcoming elections—Israel’s fourth round...
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog with a group of immigrant children, on Dec. 27, 2020. Photo courtesy of David Salem.

More than 20,000 people immigrated to Israel in 2020, despite the pandemic

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Global pandemic notwithstanding, more than 20,000 Jews from 70 countries made aliyah over the course of 2020, reported the Jewish Agency. Most of the immigrants arrived from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and France, according to the...
Simcha Brodsky, a musician from New York headed to Jerusalem, represents the 16,000th new immigrant of 2020. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

90 North Americans arrive in Israel during Israeli National Immigration Week

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Israel welcomed its 16,000th new immigrant of the year, Simcha Brodsky, who made aliyah with Nefesh B’Nefesh along with 90 other new olim arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday as Israel celebrates National Immigration Week, in...
A total of 140 new arrivals from France landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 3, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Aliyah to Israel on the rise, despite COVID-19 and bureaucracy bottlenecks

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Israel is seeing a spike in aliyah (immigration to Israel) this year, with a higher number of people interested in moving to the Jewish state compared to previous years. But with COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the...
A total of 140 new arrivals from France landed at Ben-Gurion International on Aug. 3, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Citing anti-Semitism in Europe, 140 French Jews move to Israel

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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...
Some 78 lone soldiers headed for service in the Israel Defense Forces arrived in Israel in two aliyah flights on July 27 and July 28, 2020. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

Future lone soldiers land in Israel on two group flights

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Two flights of new olim arrived in Israel this week—one on Monday and another on Tuesday—with 78 lone soldiers headed for service in the Israel Defense Forces. Another 42 individuals also came to make their homes...