First aliyah

Keeping Jews Jewish is not enough - we must build them - opinion

Zionism built more than a State – it built a different kind of Jew

Early Zionist pioneers sought not only to establish a Jewish homeland but to reshape Jewish life through physical labor, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.Premium
New olim at Ben Gurion Airport greeting first graders

New school, new home: Young olim begin the school year in Israel

 The surrender of Jerusalem, December 9, 1917.

The war against the Jewish state began long before Israel was established - opinion

 THE EXPECTATION that citizens should roam the length and breadth of the country in order to find an appointment slot somewhere to renew a passport is preposterous.

Proposed Law of Return amendment sparks debate over conversion standards in Israel


Time to ease aliya for French Jews

It is well known that the first cracks in the equation of “France equals liberty, equality and fraternity” have been evident for quite a while.

TRAY of pastries is seen at a patisserie owned by members of the French community in Netanya

Celebrating aliya

The concept of aliya has changed radically since the first decades of Israel’s establishment. Once upon a time, refugees made up the bulk of olim.

Largest French aliya flight of the summer lands in Israel, July 20, 2016

Nefesh B’Nefesh: New York Jews’ interest in aliya this year ‘highest ever’

NBN aims to bring 4,000 North American olim in ’16.

RACHEL (LEFT), ABBY and Bentzion Raice attend the aliya fair in New York Sunday

An Orthodox rabbi’s unorthodox calling

Although making aliya was hardly a foregone conclusion, Israel was always part of Weisz’s life.

Rabbi Tuly Weisz

"Israel, Fait Colonial?" Hardly!

The Jerusalem Post

2900 children of olim starting first year of school in Israel this week

Immigrant students up fifty percent over 2014 at start of academic year.

Haredi students at classroom

De Perse à Jérusalem

Après un très pénible voyage depuis l’Iran, les immigrants juifs se sont vus confrontés à de nouvelles difficultés à leur arrivée

L'entrée de la synagogue Shaarei Rahamim

A tortured soul

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook’s efforts to reconcile religion and enlightenment, but his position on Halacha and state was alienating.

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook in Washington, DC, on the day of his White House visit, April 15, 1924

A (confused) Yankee in Abraham’s desert

Lesson 1: Israelis don’t need you as much as you think.

Eisenbud's jogging route in the Negev Desert

Rehov Hanevi'im - Around the houses

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