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On Campus / Education / Product Promotion

'I Just Couldn’t Look at Another Xmas Tree'

By Jewish Press Staff

Canadian sisters find a fully Jewish experience at an Israeli high school.

A Hebrew in the Heartland

Changing Winds from Washington - A Hebrew in the Heartland

By Israel News Talk Radio

The Hanukkah holiday, and the fact that some people are upset about Christmas celebrations by immigrants to Israel.

Headline / US / Politics / The Courts / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Anti-Zionist Group with Winning Court Record Targeting Birthright Provider

By JNi.Media

In the very recent past, this anti-Zionist group went after one of the most fundamental concepts in the history of the Zionist movement in the Land of Israel: Avoda Ivrit – Jewish Labor.

Pull Up a Chair

REINVENTION! Starting Over in Israel - Pull Up a Chair

By Israel News Talk Radio

Immigrants who have 'reinvented' themselves after coming to Israel.

The Tamar Yonah Show

Mother Rachel 3500 years later & Today's Aliyah Wonder Woman - Who is She? The Tamar Yonah Show

By Israel News Talk Radio

She made aliyah 3 months ago, and she's already giving advice on living in Israel through videos that thousands of people are watching! Who is this Aliyah Wonder Woman?

Politics / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Aliyah / Geulah

‘Initiative for Zionist Innovation’ to Encourage Entrepreneurial Olim

By JNi.Media

Grants will be awarded to Olim looking to create change, enter the start-up ecosystem, impact Israeli society or engage the Olim community.

Photo of the Day

Ambassador David Friedman Welcomes New Olim and His Daughter

By Photo of the Day

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman's daughter made Aliyah on this morning's Nefesh B'Nefesh flight.

Photo of the Day

Bienvenue en Israël

By Photo of the Day

French Olim are welcomed to Israel.

France / Aliyah / Geulah

200 French Jews to Immigrate to Israel Monday

By JNi.Media

More than 10% of the French Jewish community has immigrated to Israel since the year 2000, half in the past five years alone.

Featured / Rejuvenation with Eve Harow

Rejuvenation: Becoming Israeli

By The Land of Israel

Learning Hebrew, getting used to a new culture, figuring out even the simplest things are all challenges we face when moving to Israel from the West. Eve Harow interviews Akiva Gersh about his new book Becoming Israeli: The Hysterical, Inspiring and Challenging Sides of Making Aliyah on today's Rejuvenation.

Featured / Israel / US / Holocaust

Auschwitz Survivor to Celebrate 100th Birthday Day after Yom Hashoah

By JNi.Media

At 27, after her family had been moved to a ghetto, they were then transferred to Auschwitz.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / Aliyah / Geulah

10 Indian Bnei Menashe Couples Married in Israel

By JNi.Media

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.

Jewish / News Briefs / Chessed and Tzedaka / Religion / Aliyah / Geulah / Asia

Meet Little Yoav Fanai from India who Became Israeli Citizen this Week

By JNi.Media

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.

Politics / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Aliyah / Geulah

Young Professional Olim Prefer Tel Aviv

By JNi.Media

Immigration to Tel Aviv has come to be characterized by youth: approximately 9,500 of the new immigrants are between the ages of 18 and 35, joining a third of Tel Aviv's population that is of the same age group.

Front Page

Return To Zion Reflections On My Aliyah

By Rabbi Dr. Jerry Hochbaum

The first component began taking shape more than sixty-eight years ago when, as was my custom, I joined my father at Shabbat morning services in his synagogue on New York’s Lower East Side.

Jewish / Global / Government / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education / Aliyah / Geulah

Support Group: Today's Aliyah 'Basket' Must Include Subsidized Therapy

By JNi.Media

'My very relationship with my husband was in question suddenly. The children would yell, 'Why did you bring us here?' My own emotional state was so fragile. Everything was falling apart, including our marriage.'

Guest Blog

Are You Completely Nuts? Three Answers to Aliyah Questions

By Jacob L. Freedman, MD

For everyone who doubted whether or not making aliyah it was worth it, know that there is nothing to inspire personal growth like waking up each morning as a Jew in the Land of The Jewish People.

Op-Eds

Why Aren’t You Exploring Aliyah?

By Rabbi Dov Lipman

We often say to ourselves, “If only God, Himself, would tell us what to do.” If we open our ears & hearts to this week’s parsha we will hear God settling one of life’s challenges-where we should live.

The Muqata

Happy Aliyah (Election) Day

By JoeSettler

It was probably also on an Election Day in Ur Kasdim, when God told Abraham, "Lech Lecha".

Jewish / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Aliyah / Geulah

Happy Aliya Day, Everybody!

By JNi.Media

Strangely enough, the Knesset legislation known as the Aliyah Day Act 5776-2016 states that on the 7th of Cheshvan the country will celebrate the Israelites' entrance into the Land of Israel on the 10th of Nissan.

Front Page

Freida Sima Makes Aliyah

By Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz

After Max's death, Shirley and Chaskel had bought an apartment in Israel for the future. Suddenly the future was now.

Uncategorized

Keep Making Aliyah

By Moshe Herman

After the Jewish people came to the Land of Israel they were commanded to “keep making aliyah” – to go up to Jerusalem 3 times a year. Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is reunited with Rabbi Mike Feuer for Spiritual Cafe where they discuss the end of the summer, the passing of Gene Wilder, the Torah portion which includes the laws of kosher and non kosher animals, the searching for the right spot and building of the Temple, and the laws of the false prophet. Reconnect with the Torah portion and the Land of Israel on this weeks exciting program.

Photo of the Day / Aliyah / Geulah

Welcome Home [photo]

By Photo of the Day

233 North American new Olim arrived home to Israel this morning.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah

Knesset Committee Approves $80 Million to Support New Immigrants

By JNi.Media

Some of the funds are designated for encouraging entrepreneurship among new immigrants from France, Belgium, and Ukraine.

Guest Blog

He Says She Says; When Couples Disagree about Aliyah

By Rav Zev Shandalov

It is critical first to determine why your spouse does not want to make Aliyah. There are some cases where it may not, in fact, be feasible.

Guest Blog

Responses to Reasons to Not Make Aliyah

By Rav Zev Shandalov

Addressing various reasons given by people as to why they believe Aliyah won’t work for them, and the author's comments about each reason commonly given.

The Tamar Yonah Show

The Tamar Yonah Show - U.S. Elections & Moving to Israel

By Israel News Talk Radio

It's an in-depth show on the elections in the United States, how the candidates relate to Israel and the 'elections joke' of the day.

Guest Blog

Responses to Reasons to Not Make Aliyah

By Rav Zev Shandalov

There are numerous common reasons for not making Aliyah, but they do not outweigh the benefits of coming home.

The Walter Bingham File

The Walter Bingham File - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: We Must Stop Talking...And Start Acting

By Israel News Talk Radio

This programme demonstrates the futility of the world's pressure to negotiate, with the Palestinian Arab leadership whoever they are, while at the same time ignoring that their stated aim is to destroy their supposed partner for peace, the State of Israel. The Bad: Walter reluctantly came to the conclusion that all previous attempts to come […]

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Tuesday 223 American Olim Made Israel their Home

By JNi.Media

The 223 newcomers include Jews from 17 US states and two Canadian provinces, former servicemen from three different US Armed Forces units, families of all sizes, and young professionals.

Druze / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Chessed and Tzedaka

Jewish Agency Launches Food Co-Op in Druze Village

By JNi.Media

The food co-ops operate as social business ventures, offering consumers significantly less expensive groceries and investing profits in local social empowerment initiatives.

Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah

20% Drop in Aliyah Numbers Blamed on Late Budget Allocations

By JNi.Media

"Currently, French nationals who are looking to emigrate have many options, so if we do not offer them at least what other countries are offering – we'll be facing stiff competition."

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Newest Israelis Do Independence Day the Israeli Way

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Many of these new Israelis expressed amazement at how the day is celebrated in Israel in contrast with their native countries.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / South America

Israeli Government Pledges To Invest Over One Million Shekels in Encouraging Brazilian Aliyah

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The money will also go towards encouraging aliyah, provide preparatory aliyah seminars, and finding full-time employment for new immigrants prior to their move to Israel.

NY / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

17-Year-Old Stabbed in Terrorist Attack Just Made Aliyah From Brooklyn

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Stabbing victim had just become Israeli citizen, said he still plans to join the IDF.

Government / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Aliyah / Geulah / Holocaust / Assimilation

Large Majority of Israelis Support More Benefits to New Immigrants

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A large majority of Israelis are willing to support an increase in benefits to help new immigrants succeed.

News Briefs / Ukraine / Aliyah / Geulah

Final Stats Show Ukrainian Aliyah Rose 11 Percent in 2015

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has offered a cash payment to Jews from Ukraine to move to Israel. The Jewish Agency criticizes the program.

News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Aliyah / Geulah

New 'Olim' Pass the 'Taste Test' of Chanukah Sufganiyot

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

New immigrants, including small children and a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, went through the ordeal of tasting Jews' favorite unhealthy snack.

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Former 'Lone Soldier' from NY Serves up Turkeys for American Olim

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

'Lone Americans' on Aliyah are gobbling up a Thanksgiving dinner served by a former New Yorker, who once was a lone soldier.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Last Falash Mura to Come to Israel

By JNi.Media

The Netanyahu cabinet on Sunday approved unanimously to fly to Israel the remaining Falash Mura who are still in transit camps in Ethiopia.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / ISIS

ISIS-Targeted Bataclan Theater Previously Warned for Being Pro-Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

ISIS may have hit the theater because it hosted pro-Israel events. Three months ago, its Jewish owners sold it.

Video of the Day

RivkA Matitya z"l : Move to Israel, Don't Wait

By Video of the Day

Today is the 5th yahrzeit of RivkA Matityah, who died of breast cancer at the young age of 44.

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs

Report: CIA Recruiting Israeli Soldiers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Channel 2 television reported that the IDF has warned soldiers, especially American "olim," to be careful not to fall into a trap and leak confidential information.

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / Canada

American and Canadian Jews Flying on Aliyah in Face of Terror

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One of the new immigrants is 83 years old, and five are volunteering to serve in the IDF.

Video of the Day / Aliyah / Geulah

6 Leading Jewish Figures Weigh In on Aliyah and the Yamim Noraim

By Video of the Day

Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Shani Taragin, Rabbi Ari Berman, Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel.

The Muqata

A Response to South African Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein

By JoeSettler

JoeSettler says Rabbi Goldstein made a beautiful case for Israel, but South Africa is the disease, and Israel is the cure...

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Aliyah / Geulah

From Argentina to Shechem: New Immigrant Joins Soldiers on Front Line

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

The Home Front Command for the first time has deployed female soldiers to guard the front lines in Shechem in Samaria.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

More than 200 Immigrants from France to Arrive in Israel Tonight Aboard Special Aliyah Flight

By Avi Mayer

Aliyah is up 11% compared to 2014; More than 20,000 French Jews have arrived in Israel over the past five years.

News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah

Special Aliyah Flight to Bring 200 French Jews to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

More than 200 immigrants from France ware scheduled to land in Israel aboard a special Aliyah flight next Monday evening. They will be greeted by Minister of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Ze'ev Elkin and Jewish Agency chairman Israel Natan Sharansky. The number of 3,000 immigrants from France this summer is expected to reach 3,000, compared […]

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / Judaism

African-American Converts Make Aliyah to Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Aaron is a plumber, Tracie, a former National Guard member, wants to volunteer in the IDF.

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Charter 'Aliyah' Flight to Land in Israel Tuesday with 221 New 'Olim'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Minister Ze'ev Elkin will welcome 221 new immigrants from the United States and Canada at Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday., one year after Operation Protective Edge. The flight, organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, the Jewish Agency and JNF-USA, will carry 32 families and 53 singles from […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Two Communities, One Celebration: Bat Mitzvah Girl Adopts Bnei Menashe Immigrants

By Brian Blum

“I wonder if there are any Bnei Menashe girls my age?” Becky asked her mother. “Maybe we could share my bat mitzvah with them?”

Sponsored Posts

Shuvu International Friends Raising $1.6 Million in 24 Hours

By Daniela Berkowitz

For One Day Only: $1=$4, Thanks to Matching from BIG Donors

Sponsored Posts

Something UNBELIEVABLE is happening on Monday!

By Daniela Berkowitz

Shuvu's largest campaign is this Monday, in four countries!

Jewish / Global / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Bnei Menashe Olim from India Settle in Golan Heights

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Shavei Israel organization brought a group of 78 Bnei Menashe immigrants on Aliyah Thursday from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, which borders Burma and Bangladesh. Absorption Minister Zev Elkin greeted the immigrants upon arrival. The new Olim will settle in Katzrin on the Golan Heights, which was the tribal patrimony of Manasseh in […]

News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah

Aliyah from France Soars 25 Percent

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

French Jews are running away from terror and running home at the same time.

Jewish / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

India's Young Jews Eye Israel

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Around 5,000 Jews continue to live in the ancient community, which according to some sources dates back to the time of King Solomon.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Ukraine / Aliyah / Geulah

Anti-Semitism Drives European Jews to Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"It is indisputable that the dominant factor behind Aliyah to Israel from Western Europe is anti-Semitism."

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Jewish Life in Baltimore: Private Guards on Shabbat

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Is Aliyah to Israel going through the minds of Jews going to synagogues where private guards are needed?

IDF & Security / Global / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Ethiopian Doctor Who Lit Yom Ha'Atzmaut Torch Heads IDF Team in Nepal

By Jewish Press Staff

Dr. Avi Yitzchak, the first Ethiopian doctor in Israel, also saved victims of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

First Person / US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Six Million Excuses NOT to Make Aliyah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The one reason to make Aliyah outweighs all the arguments not to move to Israel.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

President Rivlin's Independence Day Message Thanks Jews in the Diaspora

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He thanks Jews who stand up for Israel but didn’t even hint they should make Aliyah.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Aliyah / Geulah

Is Billionaire Roman Abramovich Planning Aliyah?

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The 58th richest man in the world has reportedly paid $25 million for half an acre in south Tel Aviv.

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / Assimilation

Peres Plays Down Aliyah and Ignores Intermarriage

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The former president doesn’t see the connection between living in Israel and remaining Jewish.

News Briefs / Europe / Aliyah / Geulah

Netanyahu Calls on European Jews to Move to Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

"Israel is the home of every Jew," the Prime Minister told the Cabinet Sunday.

Global / Government / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / Assimilation

Israeli Ministers Told to Prepare for 'Large-Scale Immigration'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli ministers were warned on Sunday to prepare for large-scale immigration as figures on anti-Semitism continue to rise abroad.

US / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah / Judaism / Assimilation

Jewish Agency Planning for Massive Aliyah of 120,000 French Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If US Jews were to make Aliyah at the rate the Jewish Agency expects from France, Israel would have 1 million more Jews.

US / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / ISIS / Holocaust

Prime Minister Netanyahu's Remarks Prior to Cabinet Meeting

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prior to Sunday's cabinet meeting, Bibi talked about the dangers of Iran, ISIS and anti-Semitism and the importance of Aliyah.

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah

Suddenly Everyone Wants French Jews!

By Jewish Press News Desk

French Jewry probably hasn't felt this much love in a long time.

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / France

HyperCacher Victims to be Buried in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The 4 will probably be buried on the Mount of Olives.

The Muqata

Venez à la Maison en Israël

By JoeSettler

It always surprises me that all the Jews in Germany didn't run away as soon as the antisemitism became overt and unavoidable...

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS / Judaism

Steven Sotloff’s Parents to Light Public Menorah in His Memory

By JTA

Sotloff, a grandson of Holocaust survivors, made aliyah in 2005.

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

New York Female Lone Soldier Overcome Cancer to Be IDF Officer

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

“I cried not because I had to undergo surgery, but because I had to leave the army.”

News Briefs / Europe / Aliyah / Geulah / Russia / Judaism

Yosef Mendelevitch Visits City Where He Was Prisoner of Zion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former Prisoner of Zion Yosef Mendelevitch made an emotional return to the city where he was imprisoned in the 1970s to join hundreds of Jews from across Russia for the 4th Annual Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) in St. Petersburg this weekend. St. Petersburg claims the second largest Jewish community in Russia today with about […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Jewish Federation to Join 76ers for ‘Jewish Heritage Night’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sing HaTikvah, eat kosher food, watch the basketball game and feel like a real Jew.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Bayit Yehudi Opens English-Speakers Forum

By Jewish Press News Desk

The new Bayit Yehudi forum hopes to better integrate English-speaking Olim into the party and the political process, and deal with issues important to Western Zionists.

Jewish / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Israel’s Population Nears 9 Million

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel welcomed 24,801 new immigrants this past year. Another 6-8 million did not make it - yet.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / ISIS

Beheaded Journalist Steve Sotloff Was American Oleh to Israel

By JTA

Sotloff, who grew up in Miami, made aliyah in 2005 and studied foreign relations at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

Photo of the Day

French Honor

By Photo of the Day

The Jerusalem Theater was packed full of French Olim on Sunday, there to celebrate and honor other French Olim who served in the IDF.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Aliyah / Geulah

British Police Arrest Jew for Fighting PA Flag Wavers at Kosher Deli

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A protester who shouted “Jews aren’t safe – we’re coming to get you“ got a big surprise. Aliyah? Perish the thought.

Photo of the Day

Bye Bye Antwerp

By Jewish Press Staff

A Hareidi family from Antwerp are packing up their belongings as they prepare to make Aliya from Belgium on August 07, 2014. Europe has seen a massive outbreak of anti-Semitic attacks on Jews, and many Jews are considering leaving to escape before it gets worse.

Photo of the Day

A Presidential Welcome to Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

Only in Israel... Israeli President Ruby Rivlin personally welcomed new Olim (immigrants) as they step off the plane today, August 12, 2014. This flight was called the "Soldier's Flight" as 110 of the young people on this Aliyah flight are joining the IDF.

IDF & Security / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

One-Third of Plane of ‘Olim’ to Enlist in IDF

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The good news is that 338 more American Jews are moving to Israel. The and news is that 5 million are not.

News Briefs

New Group of American Olim Arrive to Strengthen Israel

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Chicago 18-year-old to enlist in IDF; New Jersey woman to marry IDF Paratrooper fiance

Photo of the Day

Bienvenue sur Israël

By Jewish Press Staff

Despite the attacks from Gaza, these French Jews arrived in Israel today on Aliyah! Welcome home!

Op-Eds / Moshe Feiglin

Response To The Murders Of Our Sons

By Moshe Feiglin

Immediately end the occupation and declare Israeli sovereignty over the entire Jewish Homeland.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Despite Rockets, 64 New American Olim Arrive in Israel Today

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Pick a rocket target and the new Israeli citizens will be moving there, to Beit Shemesh, Givat Shmuel, Hadera, Jerusalem, Karmiel, Modiin, Nes Tziona, Ra'anana, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva.

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah

Israel to Recognize Foreign PT, S/L Certification

By Jewish Press News Desk

Physical and speech & language therapists may soon find it easier to immigrate to Israel, thanks to a new bill now before the Knesset.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VIII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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