Jan 8, 2009

It looks as if Jacob Richman (author of the My Hebrew Name on Facebook) has uploaded almost 150 images of Israel’s latest immigrants to his Facebook album. Facebook users can access the images by clicking here, although if you prefer to remain outside of “all things social,” you can view the images upon Jacob’s website. Content...

Jacob Richman, who blogs over at Good News From Israel (as well as the Solar Energy in Israel weblog) has informed everyone that over 200 Jews have left their former homelands in order to begin a new life as Israeli citizens. (Good News From Israel) On Monday morning, September 8, 2008, I was at Ben-Gurion airport to greet the new olim that made aliyah from...

Almost 300 Jews decided to pack up their stuff, say farewell to their friends and make Aliyah towards the holy land! What makes this news even sweeter is the fact that almost a third of them were children. (Israel National News) More than 100 children were among the 290 new “anglo” immigrants who landed at Ben Gurion International Airport Tuesday...

Jul 24, 2008

Jacob Richman over at Good News from Israel has some images of over 200 Olim (note: or new immigrants) making Aliyah towards the holy land! (Image Credit: Jacob Richman) Congrats to the new Olim! More images of Israel’s future citizens can be seen over at Jacob’s gallery. Note: There was more news regarding Aliyah over on Israel National News,...

It looks as if the government of Israel has decided to celebrate International Aliyah Day with 400 Jewish immigrants who decided to leave their former homelands in order to settle within the holy land. (Haaretz.com) The Immigration Absorption Ministry and the Jewish Agency on Monday welcomed some 400 new immigrants from around the world in a gala ceremony...

Regardless of where you live, moving can be expensive–especially if one decides to move half way around the world to a “foreign country” where the language differs from your birth tongue. While this scenario barely describes what a Jewish individual has to consider when making Aliyah, it looks as if the Jewish Agency is considering a new way...

Jan 2, 2008

(Image: Falash Mura children learning Hebrew in the Gondar compound, Credit: Uriel Heilman of JTA.org) With the Israeli government winding down the Aliyah of Ethiopian Jews, a new organization called the United Jewish Communities federation (or UJC) is raising money to construct a Jewish school in the city of Gondar, Ethiopia. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) The...

In a gesture of solidarity, evangelical Christians from the United States have donated $8.5 million (or approximately 34 million shekels) to help encourage Jews to commit Aliyah (or emigrate) towards Israel. (Israel National News) An evangelical Christian group led by Rev. John Hagee raised $8.5 million for Israeli causes at a fundraising event earlier this...

Sep 27, 2007

It looks as if Israel will (in the future) be ramping up their Aliyah campaign for Jews living in North America (which probably refers to Jews living in the United States and Canada, as I am not too sure what the Jewish society is like in Mexico). A new study has recently come out highlighting that a Jew who commits Aliyah (or immigrates to Israel) may be worth...

It looks like more Jews have decided to support their mother land by leaving their respective countries in order to establish a new life in the holy land. (Ynet News) Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization dedicated to revitalizing aliyah from North America and the UK, brought its final summer flight to Israel on Tuesday, carrying the last 215 of over 2,200 new...

Jewish citizens from both the United States and the United Kingdom are now exiting their former lands in order to adopt Israel as their new home land. (Ynet News) Two hundred new immigrants from the US and additional 75 from England arrived at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday morning on two specially-chartered flights sponsored by Nefesh...

Aug 7, 2007

What makes this story more interesting is the fact that these are teenagers, who decided to emigrate towards Israel in order to defend the country, not just merely live there. (Israel National News) In the coming months 150 new immigrants from the United States will be drafted into the IDF, representing the largest number of new recruits from the US to ever...