Most Clicked This Week
- Iran: "What initially looked like a one-man show with Israeli assistance now appears to include Israel on stage"
- "A fight over the regulation of settlements becomes a fight over the character of Israel"
- BDS efforts to curb Israel travel have failed badly
- Media reporting on hate crimes against Jews: "One major media outlet, however, stood out as an exception, even though it is New York-based"
- DePaul Professor Kwall: "We need our houses of worship to be a refuge from strife and political discord, and not a source of such conflict"
- In failing to stop the Islamic State, U.S. ignores the lessons of Auschwitz
- "To hear the news media tell it, Israel’s Knesset has approved extreme right-wing legislation that will steal Palestinian land by legalizing illegal outposts and thereby demolish the last hopes for Middle East peace"
- “Zeldin, who is Jewish, and Omar, who is Muslim, might be the most controversial members of the kumbaya clique”
Tag Archives: Aliyah
Aliyah North American Style, Explained
TIMES OF ISRAEL To be or not to be (an Israeli American) that is the question? #2 Beth Kopin February 1, 2024 …Having received Aliyah I wanted to share some hard earned wisdom and bring some clarity. We have friends … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Aliyah, Beth Kopin, Nefesh B’Nefesh
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Israel to redirect aliyah efforts from former Soviet Union countries to Western nations, such as France and the United States
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Shifting gears, aliyah ministry to focus efforts on Western Jewry Ariel Kahana May 31, 2023 Israel is changing course and refocusing aliyah efforts from former Soviet Union countries to Western nations, such as France … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Aliyah, France, Russia, Ukraine
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Jewish Agency for Israel: #Ukraine rescue of Jews “one of the largest rescue operations in history”
JEWISH PRESS 15,000 Ukrainians Immigrated to Israel Since War Started February 19, 2023 More than 15,000 Ukrainians have immigrated to Israel since the outbreak of war in Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, according to figures released by The Jewish Agency … Continue reading
“The top three states from which people seek to make aliyah are New York, California and New Jersey”
JNS Aliyah to Israel on the rise, despite COVID-19 and bureaucracy bottlenecks by Israel Kasnett September 9, 2020 Israel is seeing a spike in aliyah (immigration to Israel) this year, with a higher number of people interested in moving to … Continue reading
#Corbyn: “A disturbing glimpse at the U.K. Labor Party’s leader — and his dark Jew-hating world”
JERUSALEM POST Oren extends ‘invitation’ for British Jews to make Aliyah if Corbyn elected by Jeremy Sharon October 4, 2018 Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office MK Michael Oren (Kulanu) has called for Israel to prepare “the warmest invitation” … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliyah, Jeremy Corbyn, Michael Oren, UK, United Kingdom
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Jewish Agency reports 9,880 western European Jews immigrated to Israel in 2015
ISRAEL HAYOM Aliyah from western Europe hits all-time high in 2015 by Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff January 15, 2016 Jewish immigration to Israel from western Europe has reached an all-time high as a result of a rise in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliyah, Europe, France, Immigration, Jewish Agency
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90% of IDF Lone Soldiers move to Israel permanently after service – and they’re bringing their families with them.
ARUTZ SHEVA Coming home: Vast majority of ‘lone soldiers’ making aliyah by Ari Soffer December 1, 2015 An overwhelming majority of “lone soldiers” – volunteers from the Jewish Diaspora who join the Israel Defense Forces – make aliyah following their … Continue reading
I made aliyah for different reasons than those coming from France who are motivated by fear
JNS Paris attacks shed light on aliyah in good times and bad times by Eliana Rudee November 18, 2015 Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to express a type of grief they know all too well, … Continue reading
At Paris aliya fair, French Jews ponder their future
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Elhanan Miller January 12, 2015 The government tells them to stay, Israeli leaders tell them to go, but despite the rhetoric, economic challenges may hold the potential immigrants back. As Parisians flocked Sunday to Place de la … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliyah, Aliyah Salon, Daniel Benhaim, France, Jewish Agency
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2014 a record breaking year for immigration to Israel
YNET by Omri Ephraim December 31, 2014 Although Israel faced another war and tensions rose in Jerusalem, 2014 was a record-breaking year in terms of Aliyah (immigration) statistics. According to the end-of-year figures released on Wednesday by the Jewish Agency … Continue reading