These Israelis Are Breaking the Silence on Getting Married in Israel

Fed up with ‘humiliating’ treatment at the hands of the Chief Rabbinate, Russian-speaking Israelis are going public with their grievances

Israeli Government Posted Fake Successful Immigration Stories on Twitter, Report Says

Investigation by The Times of Israel finds that Immigrant Integration Ministry posted stock images of people on Twitter with fabricated quotes

Immigration to Israel Is on the Rise Thanks to These 'non-Jews'

Two out of every three immigrants to Israel come from either Russia or Ukraine, but most aren't recognized as Jewish – which makes things like marrying, starting a family and getting buried a problem

Israeli Immigrants Soccer Team Moves Up League Table

Victory could have Inter Aliyah leapfrog into their division's top 5 ■ In other sports news, Israeli women Lacrosse team draws good results in the U.S.

Opinion The Negativity That Israelis Refuse to Accept

The Good Life of Criminals Who Flee to Israel

Amid cumbersome extradition procedures, Jewish suspects from France and the former Soviet Union find sanctuary via the Law of Return

Israel Again Bars Colombian Children From Visiting Their Jewish-Israeli Mom

Sarah Debora Meyer’s teenage daughters were deported after arriving to the country last November because the ministry said they didn’t have the necessary visas

In Argentina, He's Known as the 'Bone Breaker.' Israel Granted Him Citizenship

Argentine lawyer Federico Schiber allegedly convinced destitute women to be subjected to extreme violence in order to get an insurance payout. He stole their money, was tried for heading a crime ring – and found haven in Israel

Opinion In Israel, It's 'Begone, Little Gentiles'

Despite Abuse Claims, Jewish Agency Allowed Alleged Pedophile to Immigrate to Israel

A former karate teacher has been renamed in a new civil suit against Yeshiva University regarding abuse claims from the late 1970s and early ’80s. In 2015, the Jewish Agency reviewed the claims but allowed the man, who denies all wrongdoing and was never convicted, to make aliyah

Rank and File Hear Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein Speak About His Time as a Refusenik

Plus, give a pint of blood and get a pint of ice cream, and 2,200 new immigrants attend the first ever 'Aliyah Tovah'

Rank and File Woodstock Israel-style: A Nonprofit Group Holds Its Own Rock Festival

Plus, KeepOlim launches its third annual comedy fundraising tour, while Nefesh B’Nefesh puts a twist on its annual picnic in the north

Opinion Israel Should Keep Its Filipinos and Drop Birthright

The Israeli Left Has Given Up on This Key Demographic. Here's Why That's a Mistake

When it comes to Russian-speaking Israelis, the left wing never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to woo voters, asserts sociologist Vicki Idzinski

Rank and File Nefesh B’Nefesh Celebrates Its 60th Chartered El Al Flight Bringing New Immigrants to Israel

Plus, a book and ice cream party in Jerusalem and Encore! Educational Theater Company is holding auditions for the musical 'Rothschild and Sons'

Rank and File 2,000 North Americans Set to Make Aliyah This Summer

Plus, Colel Chabad opens LoveAble Gift Shop in Jerusalem and a new writers group starts in Tel Aviv

'I Want to Show My Friends and Family in Rome That There’s a Different Israel'

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: This Italian student feels like she belongs in Israel – but isn't sure making aliyah is the right thing to do

Aliyah Numbers Surge, Fueled by Wave of Russian Immigration to Israel

Meanwhile, number of Jews moving to Israel from U.S. and France continues to slide, Jewish Agency figures show

Israel to Deport Filipina Beaten by Israeli Husband, Claiming She Failed to File Complaint in Time

The 30-day order against Yehudit Tal was issued earlier this month after her husband, an Israeli citizen, put a halt to naturalization process - despite regulation protecting immigrants from abusive spouses

Why This Rabbi Gave Her American Kids Hebrew Names That No One Can Pronounce

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A rabbi whose journey led her back to Israel after 30 years in California, and a man whose name became a self-fulfilling prophesy

Opinion Israel Has Fallen Into the Condescension Trap With the Ethiopian Community

'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