Nefesh B’Nefesh: High Costs of Jewish Education Main Reason for Orthodox Aliyah
"A family with three children attending private Jewish education in the US must budget on average $80,000 a year for tuition alone."
Barcelona Chief Rabbi Urges Congregation to Flee to Israel Before It’s Too Late
“Europe is lost,” the rabbi said. “Don’t make the same mistake as the Algerian Jews, and the Jews in Venezuela...”
Report: One in Three UK Jews Thinking about Leaving
37% of UK Jews conceal their Jewish identity in public and 17% don't feel welcome in their own country.
Arab Reporter Questioning Aliyah of Ambassador Friedman’s Daughter
The White Supremacists have been haranguing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-KY) about his Asian American wife, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, questioning her racial purity. Is that the despicable level of nastiness matched by Al Quds and its reporter at DOS? Where are the condemnations from our friends in the media?
US Ambassador’s Daughter Arrives on Aliyah!
The Ambassador was there on the tarmac to welcome his daughter to her new home.
233 North American Olim including 70 Future Soldiers Arrive Tuesday
The brand-new Olim hail from 19 US states and two Canadian provinces, including 20 families, 64 children, six sets of twins and 26 medical professionals.
Iranian Blogger Taking Hebrew Classes in Jewish Agency Ulpan
"The Jewish Agency, which has welcomed millions of Jews home to Israel, is proud to play a part in easing Neda’s integration into her country of refuge."
Got a Driver’s License? Swap It in Israel, Effective Sunday
“This is about reducing bureaucracy," said Minister Yisrael Katz.
Birthright Program Matches Israeli, Foreign 20-Somethings for Business Fellowship
“These ties are translated into viable collaboration and cross-country cooperation."
‘Birthright Bandits’ Rob American Kids in Kibbutz Guest House
Police launched a covert investigation, and after "various and complex investigative activities," they succeeded in tracking down a squad of burglars from central Israel.
180 Jewish Fathers Follow in their Wives’ Footsteps to Israel
The trips inspire men to connect deeply with their Jewish heritage, and transform themselves, their families – and ultimately their communities and the wider world.
70 Years Later, President Rivlin Meets Passengers who Arrived on the Exodus
Speaking to the passengers as well as their second, third, and fourth generation descendants, the President said, 'I am fortunate as President of the State of Israel to record with you and your families that the State of Israel, and the flag of Israel, are obvious facts.'
From Havana to the Holy Land: Alan Gross Arrives in Israel on Aliyah
Gross and his wife Judy are now living happily in Tel Aviv.
Israel’s Chief Rabbi Apologizes to NBN’s Rabbi Yehoshua Fass
Rabbi Fass expressed his hope that the matter will be resolved, and that a healing process will begin to develop between the Chief Rabbinate and Rabbinic leaders across the world.
Haredi MK: Reform Campaign Rife with Bribes, Corruption
'Most of the Jews in the United States, even those who come to Temple once in fifty years, or those that don’t come at all, are not Reform, and the Reform movement does not represent them.'
200 French Jews to Immigrate to Israel Monday
More than 10% of the French Jewish community has immigrated to Israel since the year 2000, half in the past five years alone.
Survey Shows Majority of Israelis Object to Considering Diaspora Jews’ Views in Legislation
The survey revealed a strong correlation between the religious standards of respondents and their view on how vital the views of foreign Jews are.
Speaker Edelstein to Russian Parliament: I Greet You in the Language for which I...
Speaker Edelstein was invited to give the speech exactly 30 years after he had completed a three-year sentence in a Soviet labor camp for his Zionist activities.
Knesset Permits Olim to Obtain Israeli Passports Upon Arrival
In the 1990s, European countries complained about Israeli citizens with Israeli passports who were engaged in criminal activity, which affected Israel's visa agreements.
Watch PM Netanyahu at Annual Taglit Birthright Event – ‘This Is The Real Israel!’
Taglit-Birthright is a free 10-day educational trip offered to Jewish young men and women ages 18 to 26.
Israeli Cabinet Discussed Transferring Conquered Arab Population in 1967
The discussion, then as now, revolved around annexation versus a two-state solution, although at the time the most these Israeli ministers could imagine was a Palestinian autonomy under Israeli rule (a solution that's to the right of today's Likud).
Watch Yishai Fleisher Out-Debating J Street Opponent
There's much misinformation, misconception and ignorance in the American Jewish community about Israel, which Yishai did a lot to dispel over at that Beverly Hills event.
10 Indian Bnei Menashe Couples Married in Israel
The Bnei Menashe are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh, one of the Ten Lost Tribes exiled from the Land of Israel more than 2,700 years ago by the Assyrian empire.
In Northeast India, Bnei Menashe Prepare Matzah for Passover
Each village priest would recite ancient prayers, such as “Miriam’s Song,” echoing the Biblical account of the Exodus and its aftermath.
New Israelis Arrive From Ukraine on IFCJ ‘Freedom Flight’
The start of a new life in Israel, "a strong and independent country," is a rescue for olim from Ukraine.
Conference to Focus on Diaspora-Israel Relations
Knesset Speaker Edelstein says the conference will help participants think more deeply about "how to benefit our own countries and the world at large."
More than 1,500 Attend Biggest Ever Nefesh B’Nefesh Manhattan Aliyah Fair
Participants were invited to choose from more than 50 sessions, workshops and one-on-one meetings on topics ranging from home buying and education to professional licensing and health insurance.
1,500 Lone Soldiers Gather for ‘1-Stop Personal Errands Day’
The event was organized in cooperation with the IDF, the Jewish Agency for Israel, KKL-JNF and various Israeli ministries.
Meet Little Yoav Fanai from India who Became Israeli Citizen this Week
The 102 new immigrants all hail from the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, which borders Burma and Bangladesh and is home to the second-largest concentration of Bnei Menashe in India.
Jewish Youth Stream to Europe to Mark 120-Yr Anniversary of World Zionist Congress [video]
Participants included 120 counselors and delegates from WBA groups across Europe.