Aliyah

Naftali Bennett unveils B’Yachad party plan to cut bureaucracy, boost support for olim

"Is our government building an Israel where Jews believe they and their families can be safe, earn a living and build their futures? Is our government making life easier here - or harder?"

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett on October 13, 2026.
 From right: Netanel Rotenberg, co-CEO of Habayta; Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer; and Yosef Hoter, co-CEO of Habayta.

Jewish Agency Chief Almog: Israel can absorb one million new immigrants amid rising antisemitism

Moshe Lion, MUNIEXPO Conference, June 23, 2026.

Even before moving to Israel: Jerusalem looks for tech workers abroad

CARA & TONY NACHSHON surrounded by their children at a family dinner.

Cara Nachshon: The grandma with a red nose in her pocket


Moving stories, worrying numbers: Behind the wave of immigration from North America

The organization has made changing the rules of the game its mission and, according to Fass, has helped about 100,000 immigrants from North America and the UK move to Israel since its establishment.

Family making aliyah to Israel, September 14, 2026.

Israel needs to stop losing its people and start giving them reasons to stay - opinion

The exodus includes people who came as immigrants with hopes and dreams of contributing to Israeli society. Those hopes were dashed, and they went back to the countries from which they came.

More attention must be paid to people who want to leave Israel, and more must be done to help them change their minds and decide to stay, says the writer.

Israel preparing for new wave of Jewish immigration, Aliyah Ministry director-general says

According to Aliyah and Integration Ministry Director-General Dganit Sankar-Langa, Israel is expected to receive between 18,000 and 20,000 immigrants in 2026.

Around 150 new olim arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport on August 27, 2026.

From Australian judge to Israeli tour guide: David Parry's aliyah journey

“It’s such an incredible blessing to be here. I really feel it was the mission of my life to facilitate my family’s return to Israel,” retired judge David Parry said of his aliyah journey.

JUDGE-TURNED-TOUR GUIDE: David Parry.

‘It’s time to go home’: After 57 years in America, a Holocaust survivor comes home to Israel

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: From fleeing Nazi persecution as a baby to building a life in the US, Morton Pancer’s journey has brought him to Israel at age 86.

MORTON AND Carole Pancer outside their daughter Jessica Gertel’s home in Gush Etzion, days after beginning their new life in Israel. Morton, a Holocaust survivor, says Israel is ‘the land that we all belong to.’

No. 31: Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart: Turning aliyah into a force for strengthening Israel

Nefesh B’Nefesh founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart have helped turn aliyah into a force for strengthening Israel

Co-Founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart

Going where the need is greatest

Yael Eckstein reflects on a year of life-saving assistance and looks ahead to expanding the IFCJ’s work in Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.

Yael Eckstein with food packages delivered to the Christian community in Syria.

New school, new home: Young olim begin the school year in Israel

From learning Hebrew to making new friends, five young olim share the excitement and nerves of finding their place in an Israeli classroom.

New olim at Ben Gurion Airport greeting first graders

Israel in numbers: National population hits 10.305m., new CBS data shows ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Israel added some 124,000 residents over the past year, while emigration remained higher than immigration, according to new CBS data.

Israel's population stands at 10.305 million ahead of the Jewish new year.

Over 20,000 olim made Aliyah to Israel from 100 countries in past year, data shows

Russia topped the list of countries sending new immigrants to Israel, followed by France and the US, as more than 20,000 olim arrived during the Jewish year 5786.

New Olim coming to Israel 2026