What better way to celebrate 70 years of Israeli independence and Zionism than with 700 new 'Olim'!

Avital Sharansky escaped the Soviet Union and mounted a decade-long crusade to free her husband and allow the Jewish people of Russia to emigrate to Israel.

200 French Jews, the largest group for 2017, just landed in Israel and now call it home.

'We see that the long-term trends continue and the number of immigrants to Israel, particularly from Western countries, remains high.'

Sharansky hopes the 'striking growth continues until all schoolchildren in Israel and the Jewish world are connected and in dialogue with one another.'

It comes as no surprise that French Jews are moving to Israel in unprecedented waves as security in France deteriorates and anti-Semitism there is on the rise again.

Israel's leaders mourned the death of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz who became one of the world’s foremost witnesses and humanitarians, and eulogized him as the embodiment of the human spirit that shined bright in the face of evil and darkness.

Sharansky – speaking at an event hosted by the Gatestone Institute, a New York-based think tank specializing in strategy and defense issues – was putting the recent terrorist attacks into the broader context of the distinction between “free societies” and “fear societies.”

Some 200 Jews have been secretly rescued from Yemen by the Jewish Agency in recent years, including several dozen in recent months, as attacks against the Jewish community have increased and the country has descended into civil war.

Two world-renown celebrities, albeit in different ways, are set to take on anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hostility on US academic campuses.

Aliyah hit a 12-year high in 2015, with the arrival of more than 30,000 new immigrants from around the world. More than 50% are under the age of 30.

Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List, refused to address a meeting of an umbrella body representing 50 American Jewish organizations because the meeting was held at premises shared by the Jewish Agency for Israel and other “Zionist entities.”

What a befitting way to celebrate Aliyah - French Olim light candles in Israel for the first time.

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.

A planeload of 232 new Israeli citizens from North America, including 59 lone soldiers, arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday morning.

Famous human rights activist Natan Sharansky, a former political prisoner, is calling on world Jewry to fight the US administration on the Iranian nuclear deal.

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.

Fleeing rabid anti-Semitism and Islamic terror, French Jews come home to Israel were they find safety and stability.

Award-winning American actor Michael Douglas will be awarded the prestigious Genesis Prize for 2015 in Jerusalem this week.

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French PM Manuel Valls believes French Jewry should remain and vows to fight for their future, but Israeli leaders call on European Jews to move to Israel. Hundreds of French Jews attended an aliyah fair on Sunday.

Young Olim (immigrants) have a new place they can call their first home in Israel. Good Luck!

Aliyah from around the world has reached a five year high. Anti-Semitism and strife are main contributors to the significant growth.