Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of aliyah (“ascent”), the practice of diaspora Jews immigrating to Israel, generally facilitated by its Law of Return.
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Fast Forward Joe Lieberman’s Daughter Moves To Israel With Husband And 4 Small Children
The daughter of former U.S. senator and ex-vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman was among 232 North Americans to arrive in Israel on Wednesday on a special flight chartered by aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh, The Jerusalem Post reported. Lieberman’s daughter Hana Lowenstein immigrated to Israel with her husband Daniel and their four children, who range from…
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News American Activist Considers Making Aliyah To Skirt Israel Travel Ban
Jewish activist Ariel Gold, who was refused entry to Israel this week because of her support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, says she has not ruled out the possibility of immigrating to the country. Speaking from her home in Ithaca, New York, Gold told Haaretz that making aliyah “is something I am looking…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Man, 92, A Holocaust Survivor, Fulfills Dream Of Moving To Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A 92-year-old New Jersey man fulfilled his dream of moving to Israel 71 years after he arrived in New York as a refugee from the Holocaust. Jack Nasielski, of Edison, arrived Tuesday at Ben Gurion Airport on a Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah flight in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah & Integration, the Jewish Agency, Keren…
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Fast Forward Russian Oligarch Owner Of Chelsea Football Club Wants To Be Israeli Citizen
The billionaire owner of soccer team Chelsea FC, Roman Abramovich, will become an Israeli citizen on Thursday, the Jerusalem Post reported. Abramovich, who is Russian, has been living in the United Kingdom on a recently expired visa— allegedly a possible cause of his move to Israel. Reportedly, authorities would not renew his work visa, as…
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Fast Forward Prospective Immigrants To Israel Learn What It Takes To Make Aliyah
(JTA) — Nearly 1,500 prospective immigrants to Israel attended a mega-event to learn about what it takes to make aliyah. The Mega Aliyah Fair held in New York City at John Jay College drew singles, families and retirees looking to prepare themselves for such a big move. The event, which grew out of much smaller Aliyah…
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Life Ethiopia’s Forgotten Jews Wait For Israel, Their Suitcases Gathering Dust
The bus parks on a cobbled hill. We exit into the milling crowd and pass through a gateway in a corrugated metal wall, painted in vertical blue and white stripes, under the watchful eye of a rifle-toting guard. Past the plastic-laminated ‘house rules’ in English and Amharic (no electronic devices, long skirts required for ladies),…
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Life Should I Follow My Kids And Move To Israel?
(Kveller via JTA) — I have three children. Three healthy, wonderful, grown-up children. I have a wonderful husband. And I have a father, a brother and sister-in-law, and other friends and relatives whom I love. Sounds good, no? It is good. It’s very good. Yet I often say that I live between a rock and…
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Fast Forward Israel Got 3,633 New Immigrants From North America In 2017
(JTA) — With the arrival of a flight carrying 93 new immigrants, a total of 3,633 people from North America made aliyah in 2017, Nefesh B’Nefesh reported. The group flight that landed at Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday included 15 future lone soldiers and a soon-to-be bride, according to the organization which, in cooperation…
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