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Law of Return
Illustrative: New immigrants to Israel disembarking a plane in Tel Aviv, on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 7, 2018, 9:06 pm
Jose Caro, leader of Hispanic immigrants to Israel, dies at 62
Argentina-born attorney founded and headed many organizations that help Spanish speakers in Israel, initiated culture projects
By JTA
About 100 "Bnei Menashe" (Sons of Menashe) from India landed at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 25, 2015, immigrating to Israel (Flash90)
August 28, 2017, 11:10 pm
Israel mulling outreach to ‘emerging’ Jewish communities
Government committee to propose easing visa regulations for visitors with Jewish roots to tour, study in Israel
By Josefin Dolsten
Efrat's Rabbi Shlomo Riskin officiates at a conversion examination for the Giyur Kahalacha conversion court, November 2015. (courtesy)
May 11, 2017, 10:49 pm
Bill would end state recognition of private Orthodox conversions
Legislation presented to Knesset seeks to circumvent Supreme Court ruling that Interior Ministry must list converts as Jews
By TOI staff
In this March 17, 2017 photo, Jose Luis Garcia embraces and cries as he says goodbye to his little brother that departs to Bogota on his way to Israel, at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
March 23, 2017, 7:43 am
After bureaucracy battle, 9 Venezuelan converts immigrate to Israel
New arrivals fly in after fight for government recognition, with a stopover in Colombia for a second ritual conversion
By Daniel Estrin and Joshua Goodman
Illustrative: People stand in line to go through passport control at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel, September 21, 2008. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 9, 2017, 1:57 am
How Israel’s travel bans are — and aren’t — like Trump’s
Semi-bans on entry to Israel by citizens from some Arab states and asylum seekers have been maintained for years, but the law is often not enforced
By Andrew Tobin
The single best way to protect your child from predators is to simply have a talk with him or her about safe body practices and personal space, say activists. (iStock Getty Images)
December 4, 2016, 7:45 am
With pedophiles seeking sanctuary in Israel, one way parents can protect kids
Best thing families can do to defend children against sexual abuse, say activists, is to talk about it
By Melanie Lidman
Star of David necklace (image via Shutterstock)
December 1, 2016, 11:37 am
Most Jews don’t want rabbis to determine who is Jewish — study
Participants say culture and peoplehood most significant aspects of Judaism, trumping religion and ancestry
By JTA and TOI staff
As part of a B'chol Lashon initiative, in anticipation of the construction of a new synagogue in Nabagoye, Uganda, the women and children there were given the honor of transferring the Torahs from the old synagogue to a temporary home. (Courtesy of Be’chol Lashon via JTA)
September 16, 2016, 5:13 am
Though eligible to come to Israel, Ugandan Jews say new local synagogue is ‘our Jerusalem’
2,000-strong community set to meet Friday for first prayer services in new house of worship -- and to share it with Muslims and Christians
By Josefin Dolsten
Nikolay Liskov's 76-year-old grandmother recently admitted that she was Jewish. (Courtesy)
September 11, 2016, 12:06 pm
Ukrainians dig for Jewish roots as means of escape from war-torn country
Amid worsening circumstances, immigration to Israel is an increasingly alluring prospect for desperate citizens
By Julie Masis
Rabbi Shlomo Amar, January 2013. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
August 8, 2016, 3:05 pm
Jerusalem’s chief rabbi among 220 naturalized by Spain
Shlomo Amar receives Spanish nationality on Friday; over 4,300 Sephardic Jews have exercised new law of return
By JTA
Head of Itim Rabbi Seth Farber and Supreme Court petitioner Martina Ragacova at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 30, 2015. (courtesy Itim)
March 31, 2016, 9:29 pm
State must recognize private Orthodox conversions, court says
Landmark ruling means rabbinate will no longer have sole control over who can be recognized as a Jew for citizenship purposes in Israel
By Adiv Sterman
Birthright participants visiting Masada, summer 2012. (Taglit-Birthright/JTA)
January 25, 2016, 7:48 pm
Birthrighters can now extend stay without proving they are Jewish
Interior Minister Deri eases criteria on residence and work visas for students studying in Israel
By JTA
Dr. Itzhak Kadman, head of the National Council on Children's Welfare, delivers his annual report to Presidet Shimon Peres (not seen). Dec 18 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash 90)
September 20, 2015, 11:19 am
Group urges government to deny US pedophiles aliyah
National Council for the Child seeks clarifications on Yona Weinberg, wanted in the US on suspicions of child molestation
By Tamar Pileggi
Jewish refugees from eastern Ukraine celebrate a simulated Passover 'seder' meal at The Jewish Agency's refugee center outside Dnipropetrovsk ahead of their immigration to Israel, March 29, 2015. (photo credit: The Jewish Agency/Vlad Tomilov)
July 1, 2015, 1:40 am
In Ukraine, rabbis help immigrants-to-be prove their Jewishness
New office in Dnepropetrovsk is designed to facilitate aliya to Israel under Law of Return
By JTA
Chalachew Mekonen, a former Givati Brigade soldier of Ethiopian descent highly decorated for bravery during Operation Protective Edge. (photo credit: Facebook)
April 19, 2015, 3:23 am
The elite soldiers whose family members aren’t allowed into Israel
For IDF veterans from the Falash Mura community, sacrifices in battle aren't enough to convince the state to let their family members immigrate
By Justin Jalil
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