Tag: New Olim
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...
The long journey home of Ethiopian Jewry
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...
MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh: Prompting a paradigm shift between Israel and the Diaspora
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...
More than 20,000 people immigrated to Israel in 2020, despite the pandemic
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...
90 North Americans arrive in Israel during Israeli National Immigration Week
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...
Aliyah to Israel on the rise, despite COVID-19 and bureaucracy bottlenecks
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...
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...
Future lone soldiers land in Israel on two group flights
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...
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...
No time like a pandemic to make aliyah, say North American Jews
May saw the highest number of American and Canadian Jews requesting to make aliyah through the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization since it was founded in 2002, according to numbers obtained by Israel Hayom.
The figures indicate that the number...