Aliyah

The gap year: A journey that strengthens Jewish identity - opinion

The gap year is a great investment for the participants. Yet the real beneficiary is the Jewish people.

 Darkaynu women at the Kotel
NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. Instead of fearmongering, we should be encouraging an aliyah of ideals and idealism, the writer maintains.

Israel aims to improve absorption of olim into education system ahead of coming school year

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. Instead of fearmongering, we should be encouraging an aliyah of ideals and idealism, the writer maintains.

Planning Aliyah? Here's what you need to know before making the move to Israel

THE WRITER wraps up a ‘Hinenu’ photoshoot at a heliport in Herzliya last year.

Moving to a 'war-zone': What the headlines won't tell you about the lives of Israelis - opinion


From Brooklyn to Jerusalem: Dr. Yehuda Resiman's back and forth journey

Now he’s truly home. And although he is unhappy with Israel’s current political leadership, he’s not leaving again. 

YEHUDA REISMAN with a mother and child in Haiti, one year after the earthquake.

Welcome home: First Nefesh B'Nefesh flight since Oct. 7 lands in Israel

This group of new immigrants joined more than 90,000 others who have made aliyah with the support of Nefesh B’Nefesh since 2002.

THE BASKIN family were among the first to deplane after touching down in their new home. Sigal, 17, and Liat, 12, are towered over by their brother, Itai, 15. Mom, Revital, waves to the camera as Dad, Joseph, accompanies his family down the stairs while smiles abound.

Navigating Israel’s healthcare system as an oleh

The experiences of olim navigating Israel’s healthcare system— stories that are often frustrating and relatable, sometimes amusing, and at times even inspiring.

 View of a Maccabi Health Center in Modi'in, on January 26, 2021.

Time to come home: Immigration to Israel shows we will not bow to enemies - editorial

Our enemies want us to doubt our future. Each plane of new immigrants proves that our future is already here.

 Flying in as one of 12 Aliyah flights hosting up to 60 new Olim per dedicated group.

Grapevine, August 17, 2025: Immigration on the rise

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NEW IMMIGRANTS from the UK

From blue hair to Bukhara: The restless journey of Ari Kresch

At 70, Ari Kresch is, by his own admission, living life with the urgency of someone determined to pack in as many connections, adventures, and acts of discovery as possible.

Ari Kresch poses in front of Paris Square near Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue before Shabbat.

From Baku to Tel Aviv: Galina Mintz’s journey of art, aliyah, and identity

It’s hard to imagine that Mintz’s life would have progressed as it did if she hadn’t made aliyah.

‘CATS’ BLUES,’ dedicated to the stray cat that came into the artist’s home and soothed her soul in the wake of Oct. 7.

Making aliyah for love: A matchmaker’s story

The Magazine spoke with an olah who chose a life in the Middle East for her now-husband.

ROTEM & SHANA make it official.

Surviving Israeli public transport as an oleh

Diving headfirst into the chaos of the Israeli public transport system amid a heatwave and the temporary shutdown of Jerusalem's light rail.

The Jerusalem light rail is temporarily out of service, forcing commuters onto already crowded buses or scrambling for alternative ways to get around.

Nefesh B’Nefesh welcomes 225 North American olim on 65th charter aliyah fight

WATCH: With a nation in the healing process, this charter Aliyah flight serves as a powerful reminder of the growing future of Israel.

Nefesh B’Nefesh welcomes Olim on 65th charter aliyah flight

‘We just wanted to come home’

The emotional rollercoaster of buying property in Israel

SHMUEL PURCHASED an apartment in Acre, and now rents it out as an Airbnb.