Posts Tagged: Aliyah Israel
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...
‘Aliyah Day’ Bill Passes Preliminary Knesset Reading
JNS.org - A bill designating the 10th day of the Hebrew month Nissan as “Aliyah Day” passed a preliminary reading in the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday. The...
Belgian Jews Weigh Move to Israel in Light of Increasing Terror, Antisemitism in Europe
It pains Betty Dan to contemplate leaving Brussels, not least because she owes her life to a Belgian Catholic family who heroically sheltered her parents...
Your Frequently Asked Questions About Israel and Aliyah — Part 2
JNS.org - You asked, I answered. And now I’m at it again. I apologize if your question didn’t make it in this time — I have a...
Trouble in Paradise and the Unlikely Place Where I Found Hope
JNS.org - In the first days of the New Year, I received a notification from the U.S. government to avoid certain places in the capital of...
Why Sukkot Reminds Us of the Need for a Jewish State
The Duke of Manheim once asked Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Levin why children ask the "Four Questions" on Passover and not Sukkot.“After all, on Sukkot you have more...
Living in Israel and Visiting America Inspire Self-Reflection
JNS.org - As I sit on a bench at the First Station in Jerusalem, just about to leave Israel for a weeklong conference in the U.S.,...
Your Frequently Asked Questions about Israel – Answered!
JNS.org - On the rare occasion that I get to talk to people from home (the 10-hour time difference is killer), I am often asked about...
The Diverse Faces Aboard the 53rd Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Flight
JNS.org - “We will be a part of something so big—it is unthinkable to me,” Tracie Beavers said three-quarters of the way through a nearly 12-hour...
221 New Immigrants Land in Israel
JNS.org - Terminal 1 at Ben-Gurion International Airport witnessed tears of joy on Tuesday with the arrival of 221 new immigrants from the U.S. and Canada,...
90-Year-Old Woman ‘Going Home,’ Makes Aliyah
JNS.org - Susan Friedman proves that it’s never too late to be a pioneer. At the ripe age of 90, she made aliyah Monday on a...
A Firsthand Look at Making Aliyah to Israel
JNS.org - As I lie on my manicured lawn in the shade of an evergreen tree, I listen as an ice cream truck passes my...
Jews Fleeing Ukraine Arrive in Israel, Recount Assaults by Pro-Russian Rebels
JNS.org - Two Jewish refugees who say they endured torture by pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine arrived in Israel after making aliyah on Wednesday. Lawyer Roman Makria,...
Wiping Israel Off the Map
On Wednesday, the Jewish Agency and the Absorption Ministry released their aliyah figures for 2014. The numbers show a 10-year high, with 26,500 new immigrants...
