Olim

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
Market goers shop at the HER Tel Aviv International Summer Festival in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2026.

Women immigrant-owned businesses featured at massive market at HER Tel Aviv festival

Yishai Fleisher.

Otzma Yehudit places English-speaking public figure Yishai Fleisher at twelfth spot on Knesset list

OFER WINTER speaks at the launch of the People of Israel party in Jerusalem.

Time to give olim a voice: Israel’s immigrants deserve more than symbolic representation - opinion


'When I say clueless, we were clueless': How olim navigate Israeli politics during elections

As olim prepare to vote for the first time, many are navigating Israel’s political system alone

Many new immigrants will approach Israel’s October 27 election without having grown up inside the country’s political system, leaving many to navigate the parties and candidates largely on their own.
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Israel's most consequential election looms, three years after October 7 - from the editor

Israel heads toward a high-stakes election after three years of war, with Netanyahu’s leadership at the center of the vote

Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

North American aliyah hits record month as over 1,100 olim arrive, with 4,000 expected in 2026

“It’s record-breaking for us,” Nefesh B’Nefesh’s Vice President of Diaspora Partnerships, Marc Rosenberg, said.

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

'Time to come home': Seven families from New York's Persian Jewish community make aliyah together

“We’re running on fumes, but exhilarated,” Jordan, one of the new olim (immigrants) and a father of six girls, told The Jerusalem Post at the airport.

New immigrants from Great Neck New York's Persian Jewish community arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. August 11, 2026.

Yashar to safeguard Law of Return, cut bureaucracy, address needs of olim in next gov't - exclusive

One of Yashar's focuses would be on improving services for elderly olim and ensuring better translation of Hebrew websites into different languages.

Head of the Yashar Party’s olim integration initiative Alex Rif at The Jerusalem Post studio.

Jewish Agency CEO: While Israel is at war, making aliyah is the greatest act of courage - opinion

As the chairman of the Jewish Agency accompanies 34 French families on board a plane carrying them home to Israel, he reflects on just how brave this move at this time in Jewish history really is

Immigrants from France are welcomed to Israel at Ben-Gurion Airport in August.

Israel is entering a new tech growth cycle – and needs the best people here - opinion

The bigger story is that Israel’s technology sector is entering a new growth cycle – one that needs its most experienced people back at the center of the action, while inviting outstanding talent...

 New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016.

Lisa Cain Hammerman: The miraculous art of motherhood

Lisa Cain Hammerman, 72, Brookline, Massachusetts, to Jerusalem, to Mitzpe Yericho, 1980.

ASHER & LISA CAIN with their miracle child.

Your Taxes: What new olim need to know about Israel's tax exemption

This article discusses what the Knesset enacted, what the Israeli Tax Authority is now saying, and what you can do about it.

Aliyah from France, which was saw 1,500 to 2,000 people moving to Israel every year, increased in 2025 to 3,300.

'Friends become your family here': For young immigrants, belonging in Israel takes years

While young Jewish immigrants are welcomed at Ben-Gurion Airport with signs and ceremonies that make arrival sound immediate, truly feeling at home is a process

New olim arrive in Israel with Nefesh B’Nefesh.
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