Law of return israel

How Nazi categories of ‘half-Jews’ and ‘quarter-Jews’ still decide who is a Jew - study

Under Nazi law, these people were grouped under the term "Mischlinge" and bureaucratically labelled as “half-Jews” or “quarter-Jews,” depending on how many grandparents were recorded as Jewish.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
How do you define a 'half-Jew?' A torn yellow Star of David, worn by Jews during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.
Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Israel’s Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants

The 6-1 decision by the Supreme Court overturns a precedent set only months earlier, and restores the Interior Ministry’s longstanding interpretation of the law.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Minister of Immigration and Absorption Ofir Sofer holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025.

Ofir Sofer is the first religious Zionist leader to say the king is naked - comment

Sofer, the first religious Zionist leader to publicly draw a red line on the draft bill, is making a choice to protect the "future of the IDF" over his own ministerial career.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
DIASPORA AFFAIRS and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli: He believes that ‘New York will never be the same again, especially not for its Jewish community.’

Some conclude Israel is closing its gates towards diaspora Jews, especially from NY - opinion

The Interior Ministry is run by a handful of overzealous bureaucrats who take their orders from the country’s religious parties and leaders who are not keen on accepting all Jews.

|ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

Gov’t bill to force olim to wait a year before receiving permanent passport

Could restrict travel for new immigrants to the country during their first year

JUNE 6, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Most of the Ethiopian olim aren't considered entitled for aliyah according to Israel's Right of Return law, but offered citizenship as first degree relatives of Israeli citizens. Many of them will begin a process of conversion to Judaism after arriving in Israel.

EJC head to ‘Post’: Without Israel’s help, many Diaspora communities will disappear

Muzicant created an emergency program for European Jewry, with consultation of the local Jewish communities across the continent.

APRIL 30, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
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Jewish blood is worth just as much as following the Jewish religion - opinion

Why should the grandchild of someone who converted from Judaism be excluded from the 'Law of Return'?

APRIL 30, 2023ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
SIMCHA ROTHMAN, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, was said to have ‘ruffled a few feathers’ when he addressed the Jewish Federations of North America last week.

Avi Maoz submits bill to repeal Law of Return's Grandchild Clause

National Unity Party MK Ze'ev Elkin responded to this news, saying "are there any basic tenets of the existence of this country that [Maoz] won't try to destroy?"

APRIL 2, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Avi Maoz attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021.

Israeli gov't approves Ministerial Committee on Aliyah and Integration

The committee will be chaired by Ofir Sofer and will include a number of ministers, most of whom support amending the Law of Return

MARCH 5, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
SOFER: I AM aware of the sensitivities [of the ‘grandchild clause’], and when the amendment is made, it will be done in a very sensitive way, with a lot of listening to Diaspora Jewry and a broad public discourse.

Israeli FM sends letter to Diaspora Jewry to calm judicial reform fears - exclusive

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen: "Israel is a thriving democracy and any decisions that will be made, will reflect that."

FEBRUARY 20, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Likud MK Eli Cohen Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022.

Letters to the Editor February 15, 2023: Sore losers

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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90 more Ukrainian refugees land in Israel

The Fellowship has aided more than 5,000 immigrants since the start of the war. This is the 28th charter flight to arrive in Israel full of olim.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Ukrainian refugees arrive in Israel on February 9, 2023

Israeli Law of Return revision is another step to halachic state - opinion

The writer made aliyah 23 years ago in the framework of the Grandchild Clause of the Law of Return.

FEBRUARY 8, 2023ByKATYA KUPCHIK
Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

Diaspora min. bashes radio host for attacking Conservative, Reform Jews

Chikli argued that any amendments to the Law of Return have a "dramatic influence" on Diaspora Jews.

FEBRUARY 5, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
MK AMICHAI CHIKLI attends the House Committee meeting in the Knesset last week at which he was declared a defector.