Jewish Year 5775 Sees Large Boost in Immigration to Israel
The Jewish year 5775 was a great year for Aliyah, during which some 30,000 Jews came to Israel to call it their new home.
The Jewish year 5775 was a great year for Aliyah, during which some 30,000 Jews came to Israel to call it their new home.
More than 200 French Jews arrived in Israel this week, adding to the more than 20,000 who immigrated from that country over the past five years.
The sister of fallen IDF lone soldier Max Steinberg has followed in his Zionist footsteps and moved to Israel.
Young Olim (immigrants) have a new place they can call their first home in Israel. Good Luck!
While Arab terror attacks in Israel mount, Aliyah from America continues to increase sharply. Many Americans considering immigration feel that Israel is actually safer than many American cities.
This is an age old question that has been facing the Jewish people since the building of the second Jewish Temple. Should the Jews be moving to Israel?
Aliyah from around the world has reached a five year high. Anti-Semitism and strife are main contributors to the significant growth.
On the first day of Operation Protective Edge, 64 Americans immigrated to Israel, where they said they felt safe and at home.
Once again European anti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head. The author notes a sharp rise in immigration to Israel as a result of the growing trend.
French aliyah is up 312 percent in comparison to the same period last year, largely due to a faltering French economy and antisemitism.
National Aliyah Day commemorates the day that the Jewish People crossed the Jordan River into Israel. It was our first national aliyah.
The number of French Jews making Aliyah has doubled since last year.
Israel's Garin Tzabar program, which supports 'lone soldiers' who have no family in Israel, recently welcomed close to 360 young women and men from around the world into its care.
The Jewish Agency recently smuggled 17 Jews out of Yemen to start a new life in Israel safe from persecution.
Young men and women from North America, are following their dreams, starting a new life in Israel, and joining the Israel Defense Forces as "lone soldiers".
Nefesh B'Nefesh, an organization that helps American Jewish immigrants, has made history by hosting more children on El Al Flight Number LY 3004 than on any previous group flight.
Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization that assists Jews immigrating to Israel from North America, is promoting Aliyah to Southern Israel via its 'Go South' program. Director Ravit Greenberg recently told United With Israel that the mission of the Go South Program is to "raise awareness among potential immigrants before they move to Israel that southern Israel is an excellent choice".
UWI Staff writer Rachel Avraham blogs from her own experience about why English-speaking Jews are returning from exile to make Aliyah to Southern Israel.
Asher Tagai journeyed to Israel from Ethiopia and his ordeal to come to the Holy Land is truly inspiring.
Since time immemorial the Jewish people have had a continuous presence in the land of Israel and contrary to anti-Israel arguments, the Jewish people were returning to settle the land of Israel hundreds of years prior to the rise of the Zionist movement.
United with Israel is proud to introduce a new feature called "The Faces of Israel". Each week we will present you with stories about Israelis coming from different walks of life. We think you will enjoy learning about the lives of special people who are privileged to live in the Land of Israel. Ben Halpern, age 23, a native of Baltimore, MD and a friend of this author, has just decided to make Aliyah to Israel and is presently living in Jerusalem.
Flora Cohen presently lives in Nahariyya, Israel. She has three children and 16 grandchildren. However, she was born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco. Flora was born and spent her childhood living under French colonial rule. Under French rule, Flora claims that Morocco was a modern European state, full of cafés. However, in other respects, the Moroccans did not enjoy the same opportunities that the Europeans did. Furthermore, living as part of the Jewish minority there was not easy, since being a Jew was a dirty word both in French and Arabic.
A subject that has fascinated historians for centuries up to today is the community of Ethiopians calling themselves the 'Beta Israel', who claim to be descendants of ancient Israelites and have customs described in the Hebrew Bible.
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi, Shlomo Amar, met with a group of 274 Bnei Menashe Olim Chadashim (new immigrants) who recently arrived in Israel, in order to congratulate them. The Bnei Menashe, who used to live in India along the border with Bangladesh and Burma, were ecstatic to be living in Israel. The Bnei Menashe literally greeted the Chief Rabbi with singing and dancing. Organizers from Shavei Israel, an organization dedicated to assisting members of Lost Tribes who decide to return to Israel and Judaism, claimed that it was a proper welcome from a group of people who traces their ancestry back to when the Ten Northern Tribes were expelled from Israel by the Assyrians 2,700 years ago.
For decades, Jews have been immigrating to the State of Israel from all parts of the universe: From Poland, Morocco, Russia, Iraq, Argentina, Hungary, Egypt, Ethiopia and many other countries. A particularly exotic group of immigrants is expected to arrive in Israel soon: About 100 Jewish Indians living in a jungle on the banks of... Read more »
Italian Jewish Parliamentarian Fiamma Nirenstein has decided not to run for re-election in Italy because she has decided to make Aliyah and return to her previous career as a journalist. According to Nirenstein, “Israel is today the best country able to offer culture, sociality, democracy, morality; a country where people adopted a lifestyle simple and natural” and “fight for their survival” in their “great love for their country.”
Within the past year, almost 18,000 Jews made aliyah to Israel. Out of this number, twenty percent were from Russia; seventeen percent were from the United States; and fourteen percent were from Ethiopia. Some 2,030 Jews also made aliyah from the Ukraine, while 1,853 Jews made aliyah from France. Jews also made aliyah from smaller countries, such as Honduras, Madagascar, the Dominican Republic, Monaco, and Andorra. The oldest immigrant out of the group was a 100-year-old man named Moses Lederman.
On June 23, 2009, I made Aliyah to Israel, leaving behind my family, my friends, and my favorite restaurants in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. I have zero regrets about doing so.
Despite mainstream media reports of a siege on Gaza during Operation Pillar of Defense, Israeli immigrant soldier Nira Lee reported that she called all of the major organizations in Gaza that import medical supplies and had asked them what they needed urgently. When the Keren Shalom Crossing needed to be closed for one night because of a rocket attack, Nira claimed that she and her team worked overtime to figure out how to get medical supplies into Gaza regardless.
Like the Seleucid Greeks whom the Maccabees bravely fought against, the Soviet Union also sought to eliminate not the Jewish people, like Haman and Hitler tried to do, but Judaism.
22,470 Israelis who were living outside of Israel returned to Israel in the past two and a half years.
Now is your chance to learn everything you ever wanted to know about aliyah and advocating for Israel using social media.
Izzy Ezagui lost his arm while guarding Israel's border but this young immigrant from Miami fought his way back to return to a combat unit.
Rabbi Elijah Kramer, the Vilna Gaon, encouraged his students to make the difficult trek to the land of Israel and make Israel their home.
This week Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke to 350 new immigrants ("olim") from the United States and Canada. The group included over 100 young men and women that will immediately be joining the Israel Defense Forces. Watch the video from Nefesh B'Nefesh's "Welcome to Israel" ceremony. Will YOU be on the next plane to Israel?
: Jews come in many colors, shapes and sizes – and hail from countries all around the globe. But what bonds them above all is the desire to return to their ancient homeland. In modern days, this ancient dream has become a reality. See the glowing faces of Jews reunited with their land… Click ‘LIKE’... Read more »
Israel’s Independence day, known in Hebrew as Yom Ha’atmazut, falls out this this year on Tuesday April 15th. It is a day of joy and celebration in which we show our appreciation to Hashem for performing wonderous miracles for the Jewish people when they defeated the massive Arab armies in 1948. Be sure to watch... Read more »
Although New York City may be one of the 'hearts' of the world, even "home" to millions of Jews, it does not compare to our heart of hearts - the holy city of Jerusalem!
: The oldest couple ever to make aliyah landed in Israel in February 2012 from Baltimore. Welcome to Israel, Phillip and Dorothy Grossman, ages 95 and 93. They were part of a Nefesh B’Nefesh group with more than 40 other new immigrants from North America. The Grossmans immediately headed for their new home in Jerusalem.... Read more »
Want to help Israel in the most effective way while fulfilling your dream at the same time? Come to Israel and make Aliyah- now is the time! Watch this inspiring video and make it happen!
Hear about different people’s Aliyah (moving to Israel) experiences… Their common theme is that Israel is the place to be! Please SHARE with your friends and family! Do You Love Israel? Make a Donation - Show Your Support!Donate to vital charities that help protect Israeli citizens and inspire millions around the world to support... Read more »
Watch this incredible Aliyah flight to Israel and follow the Jews from YOUR country making the move to Israel. Please SHARE with your friends and family! Do You Love Israel? Make a Donation - Show Your Support!Donate to vital charities that help protect Israeli citizens and inspire millions around the world to support Israel too!... Read more »
: Roughly 15 years ago I made a personal decision to leave the comfortable lifestyle and familiar surroundings of America in order to settle down and build my life in Israel. by Yoel Meltzer As important as this decision was, it had nothing to do with any negative feelings that I had towards the US.... Read more »
Everyone knows about the lost tribes of Isreal. What few people realize is that there are some people working very hard to find those lost Jews and return them to their people and their homeland after hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of years of disconnect. We are blessed in Isreal to have a wonderful organization called... Read more »
Second Lieutenant Avi Bari, known to his family who all remain in Guinea as Ibrahima, already enjoys a certain notoriety that he owes to his self-proclaimed status of “the first illegal immigrant to become an officer of the IDF.” Born in February 1990 in the city of Labé, the Republic of Guinea to Muslim parents,... Read more »
The government has decided to draft a resolution to bring India’s Bnei Menashe populace home to Israel, after years of lobbying by the Shavei Israel organization. The 2,700-year-old group, which claims its ancestry from the Lost Tribe of Manasseh, has maintained many of the laws and traditions written in the Torah. The resolution, backed by... Read more »
: Thousands of kilometers to the east, in the furthest reaches of northeastern India, a long-lost community continues to nourish its age-old dream of returning to its ancient homeland, the land of Israel. The Bnei Menashe, or “sons of Manasseh,” are descendants of one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel, which were exiled by... Read more »
Be sure to read this wonderful article written by a young man who moved to Israel last year. This man gives such a beautiful perspective on growing to love the land of Israel and growing to be one with Israel upon living here. We look forward to the day when all Jews move back to... Read more »
Every year, thousands of Jews pick themselves and their families up from their homes in America, Canada, England, and many other countries to make Aliyah and establish new homes in Israel. Now, you can witness the powerful emotions that these families experience as they answer the eternal call to return to Zion.
Do You Love Israel? Make a Donation - Show Your Support!Donate to vital charities that help protect Israeli citizens and inspire millions around the world to support Israel too! Now more than ever, Israel needs your help to fight and win the war -- including on the battlefield of public opinion. Antisemitism, anti-Israel bias and... Read more »
Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, the small country has provided a refuge for Jews around the world to escape oppression. Immigrants flooded its borders fleeing Russian communism, Ethiopian violence, Iraqi dictatorships and worldwide anti-Semitism. Jews from every corner of the world have struggled to escape the threat of violence, tyranny... Read more »