Tag: law of return

The Jewish majority has shrunk by 10% over the last 30 years, Central Bureau of Statistics data shows.

In two months, Bezalel Smotrich is going to submit a bill amending the Law of Return to yank out the halakhic gentiles.

Rabbi David Lau: Granting citizenship to anyone with a Jewish grandparent endangers the Jewish character of the state.

In total, 1,124,822 people immigrated to Israel during 30 years of aliya; 64 percent were Jewish (born to a Jewish mother).

Just look at South Tel Aviv today, mired in thousands of illegal aliens, and multiply the number of destitute foreigners.

According to CNN, only 690 Ukrainian refugees have been admitted in the US since October 21, 2021.

In the end, alas, no one will remember those high-minded declarations, only Shaked’s action of opening up the floodgates.

Many Jews immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return, but do not intend to stay.

As of 2020, the CBS classified 415,147 Israelis as “other.” 8.6% of them declared themselves as "Christian."

It isn't clear why the right to immigrate should also include distant family members of a Jew who have no affiliation with Judaism themselves.

The Supreme Court's ruling does not endanger the 1970 Law of Return, it merely takes it to its logical conclusion.

The goal of the amendment is to encourage Aliyah and strengthen the connection with Diaspora Jewry.

If anyone in Israeli politics can shoot himself in the foot inside his own tent, it is the heirs of the NRP on the right.

The son returned to Israel from Gaza and received immediate citizenship under Israel’s Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to Israeli citizenship.

The data the Authority published today about the Jewish identity of olim reflects the fact that some of them have been converted in Israel.

Only 1 in 25 immigrants from Russia are recognized as Jews in Israel (2,244 Jews compared to 50,093 eligible non-Jews).

In 2016, the High Court of Justice ruled that conversions in private Orthodox courts in Israel should be recognized. The Netanyahu government has been dragging its feet about complying with the ruling.

Bahloul will presumably be replaced by Robert Tiviaev, a Russian Jewish oleh.

The 51-year-old billionaire received his blue Israeli identity card (teudat oleh) under Israel's Law of Return after having applied for citizenship last week while still abroad.

In the 1990s, European countries complained about Israeli citizens with Israeli passports who were engaged in criminal activity, which affected Israel's visa agreements.

Now it appears that the Supreme Court is prepared to bring down the last vestige of halakhic Judaism regarding conversion

Holy sister, you definitely qualify for Israeli citizenship – but are you interested?

Kafkaesque states make for Kafkaesque dilemmas.