'I Moved to Israel Because of the Hummus'

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Young Uruguayan-Israelis explain where they get their optimism from ■ An Israeli couple whose story is what rom-coms are made of

Analysis No One Did Anything to Defuse the Ethiopian-Israeli 'Time Bomb'

The story of Ethiopian aliyah may be unique in the annals of emigration, but its consequences and the response of Israeli society were depressingly predictable

Israel's Taxmen Pondering New Ways to Collect Money From the Public

Proposals include cracking down on exemptions for new immigrants

Rank and File: Tel Aviv’s Gesher Theater to Offer English Subtitles for Its Shows

Plus, special joint bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah ceremony for a group of deaf or hearing-impaired children, and immigrants learn about affordable housing options in Israel

Israel's Top Court to Hear Test Case for Recognizing Emerging Jewish Communities

Conservative-Masorti movement petitions High Court so that a Ugandan convert to Judaism be allowed to remain in Israel under the Law of Return

The Nazi-inspired Pogrom That Triggered Iraqi Jews' Escape to Israel

Sure, the Nazi influence was noxious, but how could such an atrocity have occurred in a country where Jews had lived in peace for centuries?

‘Second-class Citizen’ in Israel, Ethiopian-born Screenwriter Tackles Ignorance of Her Birthplace

Alamork Davidian's 'Fig Tree,' which was nominated for the Israel's prestigious Ophir Prize, brought her back to the nation of her birth to tell a story based on her childhood memories in the outskirts of Addis Ababa

Are Israel's New Immigrants Keeping Netanyahu in Power?

In the past 20 years, some 600,000 new immigrants came to Israel – principally from Russia, France and North America. They may be the real reason that the country's politics is now fixed on the right

Opinion The Law of Return Is Suicidal

Severe overcrowding, coupled with a horrifically high birthrate, is already set to turn Israel into a living hell that will only get worse with an influx of Jewish immigrants

80 Falashmura Land in Israel as Thousands in Ethiopia Wait for Aliyah

This is the first group of Falashmura, descendants of Ethiopian Jews who converted to Christianity, to arrive in Israel as a result of an Israeli decision to bring 1,000 of the 8,000 still waiting in Ethiopia

Israel Rejects Citizenship Bid of African-American Convert Married to Israeli Woman

David Ben Moshe was converted by an Orthodox rabbi in Baltimore in 2017, but his attempt to make aliyah to Israel has been rejected because he didn’t subsequently spend 9 months among local Jewish community in Maryland

These Two Girls Were Thrown Out of Israel When They Came to Visit Their Orthodox Convert Mom

Colombian sisters, ages 15 and 12, were detained for 8 hours at Ben-Gurion Airport before being deported in November. ‘This is not the way Jews should be treating Jews,’ fumes their stepfather

Exclusive Number of Russians Moving to Israel Sees Dramatic Rise, American Aliyah Figures Drop

Total immigration to Israel shows modest increase of 5 percent over the past 12 months, according to Jewish Agency estimates, although numbers making aliyah from France slumped 25 percent

'I Wanted to Go to Israel to Be With Jews. So I Snuck Aboard a Ship'

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A Portuguese Jew's incredible journey to Israel

Israel Has a Bobsled Team, and It Wants to Compete in the Olympics

The team, which is based in the U.S, consists of a record-breaking seven members. Among them are a disabled man and an inexperienced recruit from an online advertisement

Chess Grandmaster, Cold War Dissident and Proud Jew: This Refusenik Is Making His Boldest Move Yet

Boris Gulko was one of the best-known Russian Jews to be denied an opportunity to leave the Soviet Union. The only chess grandmaster to ever beat Kasparov three times is now moving to Israel

Rank and File: Hundreds of New Immigrants Celebrate Thanksgiving in Israel

Plus, a new production of 'West Side Story' in Jerusalem and a 5k charity run for Hanukkah

Most European Jewish Leaders Expect to Face More anti-Semitism, New Survey Finds

Two-thirds of respondents anticipate that anti-Semitism will increase 'significantly' or 'somewhat' over next five to 10 years, but most rule out emigration

Saved From Deportation, Jewish-American Activist Approved for Israeli Citizenship

Julie Weinberg-Connors, who was detained at Ben-Gurion International Airport two months ago, is expected to receive her immigrant’s visa on Tuesday

Opinion British Jews Should Start Thinking About Migrating to Israel

I’m sorry for those enlightened, cosmopolitan Jews, but this must be said openly: Their mission to rehabilitate the haters and discover the light in their hearts has ended

Letters to the Editor: Canceling My Visit to Israel

Opinion Make Aliyah or Disappear

Western Jews are threatened by assimilation and only in Israel is it possible to live on any point of the Jewish spectrum, and especially on the secular end, without needing to assimilate

New Immigrant From Russia Came to Israel Leaving a $500 Million Debt Behind

Russian-government owned Sberbank stated Mabelianov took advantage of his religion in order to flee his financial obligations, but he claims he moved to Israel for Zionist reasons, and due to mounting anti-Semitism in Russia

Opinion Preferring the Evangelicals Over World Jewry

The new nation-state law might mean the prevention of immigration by anyone not Jewish based on Jewish law – something that reflects the influence of evangelical Christianity

At 92, This Pioneering Israeli Feminist Is Finally Ready to Bare Her Soul

In her brand new memoir, Alice Shalvi reflects back on a remarkable career, as well as on some of the more painful chapters of her life - including her own traumatic #MeToo moment

10 U.S.-Jewish Baseball Players to Get Dual Israeli Citizenship in Bid to Make 2020 Olympics

Because of their ages, the baseball players will not have to serve in the Israeli army after becoming Israeli citizens

Ethiopian Israelis Vow to Keep Pushing for All Falashmura to Be Brought to Israel

After government decision to absorb only 1,000 Ethiopians from the community, activists warn that those remaining may now launch hunger strikes or even set out for Israel by foot

Falashmura Immigration Will Make Denying Palestinian Family Reunification Harder, AG Tells Ministers

In letter to ministers, attorney general says government plan to allow 1,000 Ethiopian non-Jews whose children are in Israel to immigrate will make it legally harder to defend denying other family reunification schemes

What It's Like to Be a Socialist Zionist in the U.S.

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A group of young Diaspora Jews talk about what Zionism means to them; an Israeli tour guide recalls how a busload of Jews and Arabs in Slovenia realized they weren't so different