Aliyah

Israel launches program to recruit North American Jewish teachers

The new initiative will streamline licensing, job placement, and aliyah for North American Jewish educators seeking to teach in Israel.

The launch event for the National Program for the Immigration of Teachers to Israel, a joint venture of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Aliyah and Absorption and the "Nefesh B'Nefesh" organization. August 5, 2026.
Immigrants from France are welcomed to Israel at Ben-Gurion Airport in August.

Jewish Agency CEO: While Israel is at war, making aliyah is the greatest act of courage - opinion

 THEODOR HERZL.

Reburying Herzl’s grandparents reflects Zionism at its most redemptive - opinion

Bnei Akiva teens welcome new immigrants at Ben-Gurion Airport day and night.

Bnei Akiva teens welcome new immigrants at Ben-Gurion Airport day and night


Australia’s antisemitism inquiry should alarm every Jew - opinion

An Australian Royal Commission on antisemitism reveals a deeper crisis of antisemitism.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, and British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speak with members of the Jewish community during a visit to Golders Green, north west London, Britain, April 30, 2026.

Your Investments: Prosperity in Israel takes time, but aliyah is worth it

No one walked into Israel and achieved instant prosperity overnight. The land required effort, faith, and sacrifice. But, ultimately, it offered something deeper than comfort.

An illustrative image of New Israeli Shekels in a wallet.

Hundreds of European doctors hoping to make aliyah attend MedEx conference

Israel has faced a lack of doctors for years, mainly due to a higher-than-average birth rate compared to other Western countries and an aging population of doctors.

Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders and Aliyah Minister Ofir Sofer

How Israel’s new reporting rules change the olim tax holiday - opinion

Israel’s new reporting rules pierce the olim tax holiday, exposing foreign assets and raising real risks for globally active newcomers.

A bunch of Israeli New Shekel banknotes in the hand on the Bills background.Conceptual Image for Finance and Banking

After leaving Amish roots in Kentucky, Brianna Leapley built a Jewish life in Jerusalem

Raised without phones or internet, Brianna Leapley left Amish life, converted to Judaism, and moved to Jerusalem.

BRIANNA TO NECHAMA: The journey.

Manasseh’s children come home to Zion - and fulfill a 2,700-year promise - opinion

The aliyah of hundreds of members of the Bnei Menashe community from northeastern India, completes a long and meandering journey that began nearly 2,700 years ago.

PEOPLE AWAIT their Bnei Menashe relatives making aliyah, at Ben-Gurion Airport, 2006.

Lost in translation, found in love: Ariana Phillips’s path to marriage in Israel

After matriculating at Washington University in St. Louis and participating in Chabad and Hillel activities on campus, Phillips's interest in Judaism grew.

PHILLIPS and COHEN on their wedding day.

Don’t leave off the love: Devorah Ahavah Gerzoff’s journey to Jewish faith and Israel

A slow rediscovery of Judaism that led from suburban America to a love affair with Israel.

Devorah Ahavah Gerzoff with husband Simcha Moshe.

Aliyah under fire: The new immigrants who chose Israel despite war and uncertainty

Five new ‘olim,’ who came to live in Israel despite sirens and missiles, fulfilling a lifelong dream

Nearly 20,000 new immigrants have arrived in Israel since last Passover.

Aliyah in wartime Israel: Building a new home, opening an English bookstore

From London curator to Tel Aviv entrepreneur, Michal Goldschmidt turned uncertainty into opportunity, opening Bookhaus during wartime and building a new community space for English readers.

In her Tel Aviv bookshop.