Aliyah

Israel's population reaches eight million on the eve of independence day

By Zoe Winograd, April 15, 2013

Israel’s population has reached eight million on the anniversary of its 65th year of independence.

According to a report released on Sunday by the Central Bureau of Statistics, th e population increase d by 1.8 per cent over the last year.

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Gilad Shalit tells lone soldiers they are ‘courageous’

By Anna Sheinman, January 18, 2013

Former kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit met 50 lone soldiers in Jerusalem on Thursday and told them they were “courageous and admirable”.

Lone soldiers are young men and women who have made aliyah from countries all over the world without their families and joined the army.

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Last Ethiopian Jews in Gondar start to arrive in Israel

By Jennifer Lipman, October 30, 2012

A group of Ethiopian Jews have arrived in Israel nearly 30 years after the first operation to bring members of the community to the Jewish state.

The arrival of 240 members of the Falash Mura group marks what is set to be the final chapter in the story of the Ethiopian Jewish community.

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Israel emigration taking off again after 12-month lull

By Simon Rocker, June 21, 2012

Aliyah from the UK appears to be making a recovery after a dip in the figures last year.

Compared with 852 Britons who went to Israel in 2009 and 788 in 2010, only 562 made the journey in 2011.

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‘Alienation’ leading to a Russian exodus from Israel

By Nathan Jeffay, May 31, 2012

In the days of the USSR, many a Knesset meeting was held to discuss hopes for a mass Soviet aliyah. Last week, the Knesset turned its attentions to the challenge of how to stop many Former Soviet Union (FSU) immigrants from leaving.

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British graduates join Israeli Foreign Ministry

By Simon Rocker, April 11, 2012

Two Oxford University graduates from London have joined Israel's Foreign Ministry after gaining experience on a high-flying interns' scheme.

Danielle Abraham, from South Woodford, and David Goodstone, from Finchley, are recruits of the Israel Government Fellows programme, which offers work placements in Israeli ministries to diaspora Jews under the age of 30.

Ms Abraham has been made a polic

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Final stops before making aliyah

By Jay Grenby, March 8, 2012

As a pre-aliyah treat, a Hendon 72-year-old enjoyed a sentimental tour of some of her favourite London haunts on a red bus hired by family members.

Some three dozen relatives from the capital and Manchester set off with Helen Ginsbury from Golders Green, among them Hendon Synagogue's Rabbi Mordechai Ginsbury, who is one of her sons.

The route incorporated places of personal interest, includi

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'Zionist' has become a dirty word

By David Aaronovitch, January 12, 2012

The other day, on other pages, I took a blast at the more unlikely supporters of Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul. I wrote what was true, that Paul was part of an extreme isolationist and anti-government tendency on the US right, and one that had flirted extensively with folk possessing dodgy views on questions such as race.

Among the more hostile responses was a common theme.

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Fears over aliyah scholarships as Jewish Agency cuts cash

By Nathan Jeffay, January 5, 2012

There is concern in Israel's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption that it may have to scale back or disband a programme that ensures free university tuition for young immigrants.

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'Boost aliyah to balance Arab growth'

By Simon Rocker, November 24, 2011

Aliyah from the UK, after slumping to barely above 300 in 2003, has been steadily rising throughout the decade and is set to exceed 800 for a second successive year in 2011.

But it is still not high enough, says the chairman of the World Zionist Organisation, Avraham Duvdevani.

The veteran Zionist was visiting London over the weekend to launch a new WZO project to encourage more immigration

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