Tag: New Olim
Relocation fair offers details on Jewish communities in North America, Israel
Nearly 2,000 people attended the Orthodox Union’s Seventh International Jewish Community Home & Job Relocation Fair on Sunday, showcasing a record-breaking 63 communities from the United States and Israel at the Metropolitan Pavilion in...
Nefesh B’Nefesh to host ‘aliyah’ events in US, Canada through end of 2019
Nefesh B’Nefesh, the organization dedicated to revitalizing aliyah by minimizing the financial, professional, logistical and social obstacles associated with the process, will be providing prospective new olim (immigrants to Israel) with the opportunity to have all their practical...
Unlikely absorption centers: ‘Olim’ find soft landing in Israel through nonprofit work
For most, moving to Israel is the realization of a dream. After years of hoping and planning, making aliyah and taking root in the Jewish state is a joyous and exultant experience. Still, the big move is not...
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...
Israel welcomes 121 new immigrants from Ukraine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed 121 new immigrants (olim) from Ukraine on Monday morning at a reception held at the foot of their plane.
The olim, who arrived on a special flight organized by the...
French family: ‘In Israel, we’ll worry less about the security of our children’
Among news consumers, the first association one has with the State of Israel is often war and religious violence. However, for many Jews who choose to immigrate to Israel—or “make aliyah”—the Jewish state is considered...
200 immigrants from Latin America, Europe, Russia celebrate their arrival in Israel
Israeli leaders welcomed more than 200 new immigrants (olim) from France, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Russia on Wednesday at a festive reception at Ben-Gurion International Airport.
Kicking off this year’s “season of aliyah,” in which thousands...
Community fair introduces new Israeli immigrants to affordable housing options
As Israel’s real estate and housing markets continue to expand, new immigrants are faced with searching for affordable home-buying options in communities around the country.
To help in that endeavor, 500 olim gathered in Jerusalem on Wednesday...
Group of 220 new immigrants from Ukraine arrive before Israel Independence Day
Just a few days before Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut)—despite the fact that more than 600 rockets were fired at Israel over the weekend by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip—220 Jews...