Aliyah, the Israeli equivalent of immigraton, is the name given to the legal process of obtaining citizenship and residency by moving to the State of Israel.
Aliyah (rise up) is a process available to Jews worldwide who can prove their Jewish heritage to the Israeli government.
It is one of the fundamental tenets of Zionism, and is encouraged and incentivized by the Israeli government and by organizations such as Nefesh B'Nefesh that help new olim by granting financial aid packages and guidance to ease the assimilation into Israeli culture.
While Jews immigrated at a steady rate to Israel throughout the country's history, there were few notably massive immigration waves over time, bringing in Jews from all over the world.
A short story about Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and a name for God, Hamakom.
Sue and Tzvi rise each morning at 4:30 to feed the animals. The Muslow children, aged 24 to 33, no longer live at home, but one daughter lives on the moshav, and her children help collect the eggs.
The proportion of Jews residing in Israel has seen a slight increase, accounting for 46% of the global Jewish population.
By the end of 2048, Israel's population is expected to reach 15 million people.
Many immigrants assume that the rabbinic model they knew in their country of origin applies in Israel. This is not the case.
Mark Feldman founded Ziontours Jerusalem and writes a column for The Jerusalem Post, The Travel Advisor, focusing on travel from the viewpoint of the consumer.
An interview with a Ukrainian family that escaped the war.
Eretz Yisrael is the eternal home of the Jewish people, and nothing pulls a person more than home.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered a wave of Jewish emigration, and if current trends continue, over half of Russia’s Jews will be gone in seven years, with most of them moving to Israel
For more than 70 years, Hensha had an ongoing relationship with Israel from afar, until finally, two years ago, at the age of 87, she decided to fulfill a dream, and made aliyah.
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