Nearly 300 young Jews from 34 countries set to make aliyah, enlist as lone soldiers
There has been a sharp rise in immigration since October 7, as 300 young Jews are expected to make aliyah this summer and join the IDF as lone soldiers.
Jerusalem Post Aliyah Portal
When family history becomes an Aliyah file
Twenty-four years of new olim: Nefesh B'Nefesh welcomes its 100,000th immigrant to Israel
‘Power of Zionism’: Israel welcomes 140 new immigrants from France, including 80 children
After October 7 and Bondi massacre, seven Australian friends answered Israel's call to serve
The friends had arrived in the IDF via different routes. One told me about the influence of Bnei Akiva, another of family history, friends who had already served. Oct. 7, was central for all seven.
Bnei Akiva teens welcome new immigrants at Ben-Gurion Airport day and night
Volunteers greet arriving olim with songs, dancing and signs before local Bnei Akiva branches help welcome them into their new communities.
Lisa Cain Hammerman: The miraculous art of motherhood
Lisa Cain Hammerman, 72, Brookline, Massachusetts, to Jerusalem, to Mitzpe Yericho, 1980.
Sally Reidman came to Israel with a massage table - and built a healthcare empire
Born in Pennsylvania in 1949 to Holocaust survivors, Sally grew up with her mother in California and studied psychology at California State University.
She came to Israel for a summer. Fourteen years later, she's home
After arriving in Jerusalem on a Hebrew scholarship, Liza Katz built a career dedicated to strengthening young Jews' connection to Israel through immersive education.
Latin American Jewish converts caught between communal bans and Israel’s Law of Return
The Nascent Sanhedrin is urging Israeli authorities to recognize Orthodox converts from Latin America and reopen a path long blocked by communal policy.
Chani Kaplan: Finding her place in Israel, from Sydney to Jerusalem
Chani Kaplan’s path from Sydney to Jerusalem shows how patience, resilience and openness can turn the challenges of aliyah into opportunity.
Nicole Zedeck: Making aliyah from Colorado to Israel's front lines
A Colorado journalist arrived in Israel to pursue a dream; months later, she was among the first reporters inside Kfar Aza after October 7.
'Go big and go home': North American families make aliyah in the shadow of war
As Nefesh B’Nefesh opens its 2026 summer aliyah season, several hundred North American families gather in a synagogue garden, most of them still mid-move and none of them turning back.
‘We're lone soldiers, but we're not lonely’: How the IDF supports fighters without families
“Olim (immigrant) soldiers who come from abroad to Israel do it purely out of a sense of Zionism and because they really want to take part in helping Israel and helping the IDF.”
