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Monday, May 20, 2013
Sivan 11, 5773
3:05 am IDT

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Topic: olim

January 31, 2013
12:26 pm

Members of TheHive's latest group of entrepreneurs (photo credit: Courtesy)

Helping new olim build big tech businesses

TheHive is a unique tech accelerator that provides help for new immigrants to Israel with an entrepreneurial spirit

By David Shamah

January 27, 2013
3:09 pm

Change we desperately need to believe in

Yair Lapid, we’re exhilarated by your victory, but at the same time, we fully expect to be disappointed, again

By Gila Weiss

January 21, 2013
2:21 pm

New immigrants from the USA and Canada arrive at the Ben Gurion Airport on August 14, 2012 (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Immigration to Israel drops 2 percent in 2012

As compared to previous year, fewer olim come from North America and Ethiopia, but more arrive from Western Europe

November 22, 2012
5:01 pm

An Israeli reserves officer prepares to leave his Tel Aviv home on Thursday (Photo credit: Roni Schutzer/ Flash 90)

Shocked out of my safe little world

Growing up in Newton, Mass., the scariest thing that had ever happened to me was getting a parking ticket… until this past weekend in Tel Aviv

By Libbie Snyder

November 18, 2012
8:39 pm

Why didn’t I hug my son longer?

Bless our children, bless our soldiers. Bring them back to us, healthy and whole

By Zahava Englard

November 13, 2012
3:30 pm

Don’t vote for the ‘Anglo’ candidate

Are you dreaming of finally getting a foot in the knesset door?

By Elli Fischer

October 31, 2012
3:45 pm

Nightmare on Chelm Street: Why Halloween rocks in Israel

Trick-or-treat night went from being a fabulously fun excuse to dress up like Madonna circa 1984 to being a big fat pain in my butt — until I made aliya

By Jen Maidenberg

October 25, 2012
2:02 pm

Letting go — a mother’s story

Hearing my son say he was making aliya and joining the army struck very deeply

By HaDassah Sabo Milner

October 24, 2012
2:52 pm

The panel at the Think Israel tweetup, moderated by Nefesh B'Nefesh Social Media Coordinator Laura Ben-David (photo credit: Shahar Azran, courtesy of Nefesh B’Nefesh)

Amid furor, Nefesh B’Nefesh focuses on young aliya at NY conference

Hundreds attend ‘Think Israel’ for sessions on life in Israel, as organization fires back at Haaretz

By Times of Israel staff

October 24, 2012
12:47 pm

The idiot’s guide to finding a job in Israel

While it is generally recommended to fix any misspellings in your CV, if you are applying for a position in menu or street sign creation, you can ignore this suggestion completely

By Benji Lovitt

October 21, 2012
6:14 pm

True blue (jeans)

For years, I have been trying to figure out if there was a way to ]’trick’ a native Israeli into speaking to an Anglo-Israeli in Hebrew. Last week, I made it happen

By Elie Klein

September 20, 2012
5:05 pm

On Yom Kippur, Rabbinate must put its house in order

It is high time that the religious establishment made a confession: ‘We have failed, we have transgressed’

By Michael Boyden

September 13, 2012
3:37 pm

In the year 5773: A dispatch from future Israel

Benji Lovitt is back with the answers to your questions about what’s on the cards for the upcoming year