Posts Tagged: Israel Immigrants
Israel Grants Awards to Immigrants for ‘Exceptional Contributions’ to Society
JNS.org - Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Minister of Immigration and Absorption Pnina Tamano-Shata presented awards on Sunday to new immigrants who have made “exceptional...
Israel Welcomes 104 New Immigrants From North America
JNS.org - Israel welcomed 104 olim (new immigrants) from North America at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday. The group arrived on a specially chartered New York-Tel...
‘Israel Expecting 90,000 New Immigrants by the End of 2020’
JNS.org - Israeli Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata said on Wednesday that as many as 90,000 new immigrants are expected to arrive in Israel...
Nefesh B’Nefesh: Report Claiming Only 14 Percent of Israel Immigrants are Jewish Is ‘an Affront’
JNS.org - Pro-immigration organization Nefesh B’Nefesh this week rejected an assertion that just 14 percent of all new immigrants to Israel over the past eight...
100 ‘Olim’ From 45 Countries Experience Pre-Yom Kippur Prayer at Western Wall
JNS.org - Jewish Agency for Israel chair Isaac Herzog led 100 new olim (“new immigrants“) from 45 countries to selichot services—special prayers said by Jews worldwide during the...
A Modern-Day Jewish Exodus Story
A new Netflix movie, The Red Sea Diving Resort, has been released. It tells the story of an audacious Mossad operation to rescue Ethiopian Jews...
Seven English-Speaking Immigrants to be Honored for Contributions to Israel
JNS.org - Seven immigrants from English-speaking countries will be honored as winners of the 2019 Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Prize, an annual award presented by the...
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...
Israel: A Jewish Homeland With a Universal Heart
JNS.org - Jews in the Diaspora are increasingly at odds with mainstream Israel concerning some crucial issues affecting the future of the Jewish people. These include...
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...
English-Speaking Immigrants to Israel Honored at Knesset Ceremony
JNS.org - Nine immigrants from English-speaking countries were honored at a Knesset ceremony on Monday for their contributions to the State of Israel. The Sylvan Adams Nefesh...
Israel Welcomes 27,000 New Immigrants in 2016, Marking a Slight Dip From Previous Year
JNS.org -- Approximately 27,000 new immigrants arrived in Israel this year, marking a slight dip from 2015, according to a newly released joint-report from the Jewish...
Israel Declares New Holiday Honoring Immigrants
JNS.org - The Israeli Knesset has formally declared a new holiday, National Aliyah Day, to celebrate the country’s history of immigration and immigrants’ contributions to the...
Israel Becoming Increasingly Attractive to Immigrants From Western Countries
JNS.org - Member of Knesset Michael Oren (Kulanu), the self-described “resident old man,” surveys the scene unfolding before his eyes with growing astonishment. Seven-hundred pounds of grilling...
