• His bravery continues to amaze me.

    My American Boy Serving in Gaza

    Sadok has been serving for a full year now. He was called to the Gaza border a month ago. He sat at the border for weeks before being called in.
    By Jewish Agency on 22 Jul 2014 / 24 Tamuz 5774
  • Today, we had puppet therapy at the Cheruv Absorption Center in Be’er Sheva.

    Keeping Life Normal in Southern Israel - At All Costs

    How can we help our small children, who waited so long for their summer vacation, to overcome their fears and disappointments? Ravit Elia-Leib, Director of Welfare and Social Services for Ethiopian
    By Jewish Agency on 21 Jul 2014 / 23 Tamuz 5774
  • משפחת אלימי בדרך לאשקלון מלווה באנשי בבית ביחד

    From the Riots of France to the Rockets of Ashkelon

    David Alimi and his family, one of the first recipients of Israeli citizenship from the recent French Aliyah charter flight, went to their new home in Ashkelon -- just as rockets struck.
    By נתן רועי on 21 Jul 2014 / 23 Tamuz 5774
  • Running down to a bomb shelter in Ashdod's absorption center.

    From Anti-Semitism in Hungary to Sirens in Israel

    Since the rise of the Hungarian radical nationalist political party Jobbik, anti-Semitism has become common in Hungary and has spread from the minority to the majority.
    By נתן רועי on 17 Jul 2014 / 19 Tamuz 5774
  • בנות משפחת בלחסן הגיעו לישראל עם עוד שישה אחים ואחיות .

    French Aliyah: It's So Good That You Came Home

    In the shadow of a missile attack from Gaza, two planes of new immigrants from Paris landed in Tel Aviv yesterday.
    By נתן רועי on 17 Jul 2014 / 19 Tamuz 5774
  • A family of new immigrants from France receives their te'udot zehut (Israeli ID cards) from Minister of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky today (Thursday, July 17) in Jerusalem.

    430 New Immigrants from France Receive Israeli ID Cards

    This afternoon (Thursday, July 17), 430 new immigrants who arrived in Israel last night from France received their te'udot zehut (Israeli ID cards) at a moving ceremony held by the Ministry of
    By Jewish Agency on 17 Jul 2014 / 19 Tamuz 5774
  • Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver pose with a family of immigrants from France that arrived in Israel this evening.

    430 New Immigrants from France Arrive in Israel

    Undeterred by the security situation in Israel, hundreds of French Jews have come home: 430 new immigrants from France arrived in Israel today (Wednesday, July 16) aboard two special flights organized
    By Jewish Agency on 16 Jul 2014 / 18 Tamuz 5774
  • These two young ladies from France are arriving home soon, with some 400 new olim. We're waiting with open arms.

    400 New Immigrants from France to Arrive in Israel Today

    Aliyah flights organized by The Jewish Agency and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption; dozens of the immigrants will be moving to southern Israel
    By Jewish Agency on 16 Jul 2014 / 18 Tamuz 5774
  • New immigrants and staff run to bomb shelter in Ashdod's immigrant absorption center, as 'Code Red' siren goes off during Operation Protective Edge.

    From Lugansk to Code Red in Ashdod

    "Once the war began, the Israeli consul in Lugansk helped us leave Ukraine. We had passports, and soon we received assistance from The Jewish Agency and the organization "Ezra." They
    By נתן רועי on 14 Jul 2014 / 16 Tamuz 5774
  • The Balsha family celebrated their traditional wedding, according to religious law, as part of their conversion process to Judaism.

    Wedding Under Fire

    “We are trying to keep to normal routine as much as we can, even in states of emergency."
    By Jewish Agency on 10 Jul 2014 / 12 Tamuz 5774