Posts Tagged: Aliyah Israel
Israel Welcomes Most Immigrants in 2 Decades: Jewish Agency
i24 News – A total of 38,000 immigrants arrived in Israel since last year's Independence Day, representing the highest annual number in two decades, the...
Why Work From Home When You Can Work in Israel?
JNS.org – It’s a difficult dilemma: An individual wishes to make aliyah, but they are comfortable in their job, at their company and with the...
Reflections on ‘Aliyah’
JNS.org - This week marks the 43rd anniversary of my aliyah. In July 1977, I arrived in Israel for what I had thought was going...
Aliyah as a Response to Poway?
The horrific shooting attack on the Chabad synagogue in Poway, California has generated a variety of responses and recommendations, from tolerance education and firearms instruction...
American Jewish Baseball Players to Make Aliyah for Israeli Olympic Team
JNS.org - Ten American-Jewish Major League and Minor League Baseball players are beginning the process of making aliyah next week, in order to be eligible to play for...
Welcome to Israel: 232 New Immigrants Arrive on ‘Aliyah’
JNS.org - A total of 232 new immigrants touched down at Ben-Gurion Airport early on Wednesday morning on the latest aliyah flight chartered by the...
Greater Numbers of Senior Citizens are Making Aliyah, According to Report
JNS.org - The idea of aliyah—Jews immigrating to Israel from the Diaspora—generally conjures up the image of young single people or young families. But plenty of people...
Aliyah Group Flight Brings 2017 North American Immigration to Israel Total to 3,633
JNS.org - A group of 196 North Americans landed in Israel this week on a flight chartered by the Nefesh B’Nefesh (NBN) aliyah agency, bringing the...
Christian Group Helps Fund Aliyah to Israel
Israel has been the home of the Jewish people since Biblical times. And since the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948, Jews...
Antisemitism and Aliyah
Many people argue that antisemitism in Europe and other parts of the world should not make Jews instinctively flee to Israel. But it is high time for Diaspora Jews...
After Shock Discovery of Jewish Roots, Ex-Antisemitic Hungarian Politician Decides to Move to Israel
JNS.org - A former Hungarian far-right party leader and outspoken antisemite is making aliyah to Israel after discovering his Jewish roots. Csanad Szegedi, 34, a prominent member of...
Yom HaAliyah: They Actually Made a Day for Us
JNS.org - As if upcoming Fourth of July parties in Israel weren’t reason enough to celebrate an immigrant’s American background and new home in Israel, this...
‘So Are You, Like, Fluent Yet?’
JNS.org - “So are you, like, fluent yet?” It’s a question that I get almost as often as, “Are you safe?” And it’s the only question I’m...
Israel Sees 16 Percent Rise in Number of New Immigrants
JNS.org - Israel saw a 16-percent increase in new immigrants in 2015 from the previous year, according to data released by the country’s Central Bureau of...