Making aliyah

Aliyah Ministry closes 2025 with 21,900 new immigrants, growth from France and UK

One third of this year’s olim were ages 18–35, the Aliyah and Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency said, as interest surged and fairs drew tens of thousands worldwide.

Aliyah Ministry closes 2025 with 21,900 new immigrants, growth from France and UK AI
 New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016.

Israel expected to advance aliyah emergency aid plan for applicants, new immigrants

Dr. Paul White, 71 Beth White, 68

Paul, Beth White: Grateful volunteers from New York to Israel

 French Jews arrive in Israel for Aliyah, August 1, 2024.

The next miracle: Can Israel bring in 1 million new immigrants from the West? - opinion


He left Kazakhstan for a brighter future in Israel

“My dream is to be an engineer, work in my field in an exciting company that is bringing positive change to this world, and start a family. Israel is where my present and future come together.”

 Vladimir Goldfeld, 24 From Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to the Jezreel Valley, 2014

Israeli Gov’t approves measures to boost employment for olim and remove licensing barriers

One of the primary challenges confronting olim is navigating the diverse licensing requirements across different countries.

 New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016,

Ex-model left Hungary and became our social media guru – and she's single

In Israel, Noemi Szakács became the social media guru behind The Jerusalem Post. But before this, she was a model, taking part in campaigns across Hungary and the world.

 Noemi Szakács and Samuel the cat, living a Jewish life in Tel Aviv.

Russian-speakers struggle to adjust to Israel – this org. helps - opinion

Shishi Shabbat specializes in aiding olim from former Soviet countries and takes a unique and innovative approach to empowering and strengthening this vulnerable segment of Israel’s population.

 OLIM FROM the former Soviet Union gather last Shabbat at Kibbutz Almog near the Dead Sea.

Rosh Hashanah: What new and veteran immigrants envision for the New Year

Nefesh B’Nefesh has brought some 75,000 North American immigrants to Israel since its founding in 2002, but the organization’s work doesn’t stop the moment the new immigrants get off that plane. 

 LOUISE SUTTON SUEDE poses with her family, who all made aliyah in August, at the Kotel ahead of the new year.

This Maryland couple moved to Israel and started a farm

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. 

 DR. TZVI (L) & SUE MUSLOW flank grandson Amit Mazon, atop one of their sheep.

He moved to Israel and founded the Mideast's biggest US-owned travel agency

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.

 Mark Feldman, 65 From Los Angeles to Jerusalem, 1981

'I am living in Jerusalem and I feel like my soul is on fire'

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. 

 ON HER scooter in Jerusalem’s Mamilla Mall.

Lone soldier’s murder shows Israel’s Law of Return must be preserved - opinion

It was the Law of Return that allowed Mulchanov and his brother to make aliyah independently and join the IDF. This law permits any Jew, or even a grandchild of a Jew, to obtain Israeli citizenship.

 Israeli security forces at the scene where the terrorist from the truck ramming attack in Maccabim caught and killed, at the Hasmonean checkpoint, on August 31, 2023

'Knesset Israel': The illegal immigration ship that fought the odds

The Knesset Israel's story is a courageous odyssey of immigration, with many Holocaust survivors fighting the odds to get to Israel.

 ‘KNESSET ISRAEL’: Built of iron, setting sail with iron will.