Immigrants in israel

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.
Israelis seen walking down Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, April 9, 2026

When comfort is off the table, Israelis find new ways to cope under fire

CLOTHING DESIGNER Charlotte Johnson with a 1965 Barbie doll.

'Playmakers': How Jews shaped the American Dream through toys and teddy bears - review

Israel's burial grounds shortage is worse than that predicted by the state comptroller in 2024.

Israel might be on verge of burial crisis with cemeteries struggling for burial space


Immigration to Israel in the last 75 years -opinion

Indeed, more than three and a quarter of a million people have “made aliyah” since 1948. Aliyah comes in waves, massive in some years, followed by downturns, and back again.

 NEW IMMIGRANTS from North America arrive in Israel in 2019

Israel: A land of contradictions that olim learn to figure out

Israel is full of contradictions; a flying trailblazer leading the way in many things, and in others bumbling along a few steps behind leading nations. But it's part of the charm.

 ON HOLIDAY in Cyprus: The writer (3rd from R) with husband Joe, children and grandchildren.

One couple’s volunteer work helped hundreds of immigrants find work in Israel

Nina and Daniel Green are a married couple in Tel Aviv who, despite working full-time jobs, have managed to carve out the time to help hundreds of olim find jobs after immigrating.

 Nina and Daniel Green's family

Israeli citizen killed fighting in Donetsk, buried in hometown of Lviv

Dmytro Pialka, who was 39 years old at the time of his death, immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He fell in battle in September.

 A man holds the national flag during a funeral ceremony for the member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valerii, who was killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, during a funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 8, 2022.

Aliyah: Moving to Israel now easier than ever but still hard

The following is meant as an examination of some of the issues facing potential immigrants as they consider moving to Israel.

 IMMIGRATING TO Israel is the first step in a very long journey. (Pictured: Recent French olim).

The murder of a young Bnei Menashe immigrant

For a Jewish teenager in Israel to beat, kick and stab a fellow Jew to death because his facial features are viewed as being “different”? How is such a thing even possible?

 JEWISH HISTORY is unfortunately rife with examples of intra-Jewish hatred and discrimination.

Former lone soldier David Morel seriously injured in Shuafat terror attack

The 30-year-old civilian security guard moved to Israel from Brazil in 2017, serving in the IDF before taking a job as a security guard at checkpoints.

 30-year-old David Morel was seriously injured in the Shuafat terror attack on October 8, 2022.

This US-born oleh coaches Israeli baseball - and is making money doing it

Louis Miller: “Everyone thought I was crazy. No one thought you could make a living coaching Israelis baseball.”

 Louis Miller

Aliyah up 128% this year, with 60,000 new immigrants in past Jewish year

The city that absorbed the largest number of olim in 5782 was Tel Aviv, with 6,327 immigrants, followed by Haifa with 6,182, Netanya with 6,069, and Jerusalem with 4,285.

 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.

Zelda Harris: Still the concerned citizen after 7 decades in Israel

Harris still believes it’s a great privilege to call Israel home, although she is worried sick that the next election will see Benjamin Netanyahu reelected and set to “destroy our democracy.”

 Zelda Harris