First aliyah

Confirmations on Shavuot's first day helped preserve American Jewish identity

Most Atlanta synagogues held a confirmation on the first day of the Shavuot holiday - unusual by then for many American Jewish communities.

 CONFIRMATION AT the Orthodox Temple Beth Shalom in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1954. Center, Rabbi Jacob Kraft. Fourth from left, Ruth Weinstein.
 Joey Borgen, who was attacked by multiple pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City in May, 2021.

Joey Borgen, attacked by pro-Palestinian mob in 2021, announces aliyah

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 A MURAL shows Aharon Chelouche, far left, who founded Neveh Tzedek, with Shimon Rokach, center, in the foreground, and Haim Amzalak dressed as British vice-consul. On the right is Zerah Barnett, who also contributed to Neveh Tzedek’s founding.

The unsung Sephardi pioneers who built Jerusalem and beyond - opinion


51% of Israelis believe Diaspora should be part of Law of Return debate

A survey has found that 51% of Israelis are concerned cancelling the "grandchild clause" will significantly reduce migration to Israel and more.

Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich discusses the Law of Return

Making Aliyah: Why is it so difficult? - opinion

Rent a Sabra until you’ve become one yourself, because everyone needs a sherpa.

 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.

First Lone Soldier Wedding Hosted at Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Campus in Jerusalem

Yoel Epstein and Alaina Bon made Aliyah separately from different countries, and they are the first Olim to get married on the rooftop of the Aliyah Campus. 

 Nbn wedding

Teach your children to love animals, not fear them - opinion

It grieves me when I witness parents scooping up their children as soon as they see us coming, thus instilling in them a fear that will undoubtedly blight their lives in one way or another.

 Hugo, the floppy-eared spaniel, helped the writer's family through a difficult time.

225 North Americans land in Israel on Aliyah flight - interviews

This special anniversary flight was the 63rd chartered plane to bring immigrants to Israel since the founding of Nefesh B'Nefesh. We spoke to some of the people.

 Alvin Reinstein, 71, made aliyah from Teaneck, New Jersey, with a Torah scroll that had been written in Poland prior to the Holocaust.

Gov't opens trauma hotline for olim living in South

The center was established in collaboration with The Community Stress Prevention Center (CSPC).

 Israelis run for shelter during a rocket alert in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on August 6, 2022.

From Hong Kong to Jerusalem: Wax on to Israel

Stephen Ho's unlikely story of aliyah begins with a long-forgotten wax museum, which once was in the Shalom Tower in Tel Aviv.

 Stephen Ho, 68, from Hong Kong to Kadima, 2011.

Aliyah advice from Murray Greenfield

"What I’ve found is that the guy who gives up and throws up his hands in disgust gets no place," is the one-liner advice from 59-year-old Murray S. Greenfield, who made aliyah in 1947.

 Murray Greenfield

The subtle traumas of Jewish immigration to Israel don't disappear

I would rather the salesperson, clerk or waitress have to suffer through my accented Hebrew than me having to suffer through their accented English.

 The language of the Hebrew man

'Every day is a miracle, it's just more apparent in Israel'

“The moment we landed, I started crying.”

The Schwartzes: Dr. Reuven, 71, and Amy, 66 from Pittsburgh to Jerusalem, 2015

Arrival stories: Rabbi David Arias Weil, 31, Chile to Jerusalem

In Chile, he left behind his parents, four siblings, a beloved grandmother, other close relatives and many friends.

(LEFT TO right) Rabba Diana Villa, Rabbi David Arias, Rabbi Yosef Kleiner and Rabbi Ehud Bandel at Arias’ rabbinic graduation/ordination ceremony.