Aliyah

Aliyah, the Israeli equivalent of immigraton, is the name given to the legal process of obtaining citizenship and residency by moving to the State of Israel. 


Aliyah (rise up) is a process available to Jews worldwide who can prove their Jewish heritage to the Israeli government. 


It is one of the fundamental tenets of Zionism, and is encouraged and incentivized by the Israeli government and by organizations such as Nefesh B'Nefesh that help new olim by granting financial aid packages and guidance to ease the assimilation into Israeli culture.


While Jews immigrated at a steady rate to Israel throughout the country's history, there were few notably massive immigration waves over time, bringing in Jews from all over the world.

Masa volunteer in Israel: A first time in uncertain times - opinion

Living in Israel during such a critical time in the nation’s history has only solidified and strengthened my resolve to build my life here.

 Masa fellowship.
 Ofir Sofer

Aliyah minister stranded in Baku after attacks on Iran, returns to Israel via boat

 View of the Ahuzat Bait first district of Tel Aviv from a height

From sparkling floors to sandals at the door

 Shira Berkovitch and family.

Shira Berkovitch: A New Jersey native transforming children's education in Israel


French Jews fear rising antisemitism: Will they immigrate to Israel?

 French police work near a door with the Jewish Star of David symbol after officers shot dead an armed man earlier who set fire to the city's synagogue in Rouen, France, May 17, 2024.

Ready to own property in Israel? 

Stop feeling overwhelmed by the complex buying process.

A narrow street with a tree hanging over it Jerusalem empty street in Baka neighborhood

Arrivals: A Zionist olah's journey in post-October 7 Israel

Gila Sandler, 29, From Manchester, to Jerusalem, 2022

 CELEBRATING HER first birthday in Israel with Israeli cousins

MedEx returns to Paris: hundreds of Doctors and medical students express interest in making aliyah

Due to the severe lack of physicians in Israel, the event offered participants a streamlined, professional, and comprehensive immigration track, including license recognition and employment support.

 MedEx Returns to Paris: Hundreds of Doctors and Medical Students Express Interest in Making Aliyah to Israel.

Remembering Jerusalem on its special day - excerpt

Below, a translated excerpt from the recently published book in Hebrew, MiHamishim Kochavim L’Kochav Ehad (From Fifty Stars to One Star) by Batsheva Pomerantz.

 Three people are seen with an Israeli flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City (illustrative).

Jerusalem Day 2025: What Israel's capital means to us, 48 years since aliyah - opinion

Fourteen years later, in 1977, we made aliyah!  And here I am, almost 48 years later, in our Jerusalem.

 The writer and wife, Rita, in Jerusalem, in front of the Neveh Schechter building in the Nayot neighborhood

Julie Rothschild Levi: Becoming an accidental influencer in Israel

“I learned Hebrew. I became a Zionist. Israel got into my blood, and I knew Israel was going to be in my life somehow,” she says. 

 JULIE ROTHSCHILD LEVI, aka ‘Julie Shtick.’

Between two homes: The unsettled identity of an oleh

The oleh identity is unique. Maybe that’s the cost of choosing a new home – you have to live with the ghost of the old.

 EUPHORIA OF making aliyah: The ‘oleh’ identity is unique

To Laura Ben-David and the many who love her

Author, writer, photographer, speaker, and marketer Laura Ben-David is a star of the Anglo-Israeli community. A photography exhibition of her images shared her story.

The exhibition team: (top row, L-R) Shira Lankin Sheps; Laura Ben-David; writer Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll; Timna Seligman. (Bottom row from L) Yitzchak Woolf; Tzipora Lifchitz; Sarah Tuttle-Singer.

The Israeli olah changing world’s perception of nonverbal individuals

The writer: 'The nonverbal world is very different from ours; it is unfair to expect them to fit into our patterns.'

 Abigail Fidler

Nefesh B’Nefesh founders emphasize meeting Israel’s pressing needs at JPost Conference

Rabbi Fass and Tony Gelbart to speak on Aliyah, national service, and Zionist education at key NY gathering.

Co-founders of Nefesh B'Nefesh Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart.