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New immigrants arrive on the Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight, August 20, 2025 (Yonit Schiller)
April 3, 2026, 10:29 am
As Anglo immigration grows, developers rethink ways to cultivate communal roots
From rabbi-led neighborhoods to group purchases, new approaches aim to ease immigrants’ transition as a post-Oct. 7 wave of newcomers seeks to blend American comforts with the Zionist dream
By Zev Stub
Writer Judy Lev, author of 'Bethlehem Road,' 12 short stories about life in Jerusalem's Baka neighborhood. (Courtesy)
January 23, 2026, 8:15 am
‘New immigrant’ since 1967 pens ode to Jerusalem’s Baka neighborhood in anthology
Author Judy Lev brings her former haunt of nearly 40 years to life in ‘Bethlehem Road,’ with 12 vibrant tales that transcend time — but not place
By Jessica Steinberg
Visitors at Tel Aviv's Anu Museum of the Jewish People in February 2025 (Courtesy)
March 4, 2025, 3:14 pm
Anu Museum introduces pilot program for veteran immigrants
Institution to host discussion circles in English, Russian, French and Spanish about the ongoing challenges of immigration
By Jessica Steinberg
Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
January 31, 2025, 9:49 am
Why rent in Jerusalem is surging disproportionately – and unlikely to let up soon
With immigration of American and French Jews rising, partly driven by antisemitism, and many buildings undergoing urban renewal projects, fewer apartments are available for tenants
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: Immigrants from France arrive at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on July 10, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 14, 2024, 6:29 am
Wartime budget would slash benefits for new immigrants, amid global antisemitism spike
Government proposes ending financial assistance to anyone with over NIS 500,000 in declared assets, though payments for those under that threshold would go up 10%
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Young immigrants learn hebrew at an ulpan, February 9, 2011. (Sophie Gordon)
March 19, 2024, 7:42 pm
MKs protest halt to government vouchers for immigrants’ Hebrew-language classes
Private ulpans and new immigrants scramble to cope after coalition, without warning, cuts off funding for lessons
By Sam Sokol
Teacher Hanna Rabkin and three new immigrants from Ukraine attend class at Renanim Shuvu school in Nof Hagalil, Israel, March 23, 2022. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
March 28, 2023, 8:27 am
100 Hebrew teachers for new immigrants file resignation letters in protest at wages
Resignations account for 20% of total number of tutors at state-provided language schools that are already suffering backlog due to lack of teaching staff
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators block a highway during protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the Israel's judicial system, in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/ Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 20, 2023, 10:41 pm
Over 1,600 new immigrants join call for government to halt judicial overhaul
Olim say Zionist vision that inspired them to come to Israel ‘has been hijacked by extremists who threaten very fabric of country as a Jewish and democratic state’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Immigrants fleeing from war zones in the Ukraine arrive at the Israeli immigration and absorption office, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
March 8, 2023, 7:26 pm
Interior Ministry proposes law to restrict passports for new immigrants
Legislation would only allow new arrivals to receive documentation after residing in Israel for 1 year; ministry says some exploit benefits without settling down
By ToI Staff
Supporters of the liberal Labor party react as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, in Tel Aviv, November 1, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90/ via JTA)
November 5, 2022, 11:21 am
For some Americans living in Israel, this week’s elections conjure 2016 deja vu
Left-leaning immigrants who moved during Trump era are surprised to encounter the radical politics they thought they left behind, while other new arrivals are happy with outcome
By Deborah Danan and PHILISSA CRAMER
Liudmyla Matrenin and Lev visit the Mediterranean Sea on their first full day in Israel on March 25, 2022. (Courtesy/Liudmyla Matrenin)
August 19, 2022, 2:19 am
For Ukrainian refugees in Israel, Gaza operation rekindles still-smoldering trauma
Many fleeing the Russian invasion already have difficulty accessing child care and medicine while facing an uncertain future in the Jewish state. And then add falling rockets
By Melanie Lidman
New immigrants fleeing from Ukraine arrive at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 4, 2022, 2:46 am
Israeli cities offered money for renovating buildings to house Ukrainian migrants
Housing Ministry arranges funding packages to cover renovation costs on existing older properties, as it seeks solutions for thousands arriving from Eastern Europe
By Danielle Nagler
Jewish Ukrainians who fled fighting in Ukraine seen at the Chisinau International Airport in Moldova as they make their way to Israel, March 6, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 6, 2022, 4:18 pm
Fleeing war, Ukrainian immigrants get ready for their departure to Israel
A view of the final moments in Moldova and Poland of hundreds of new immigrants to Israel escaping their war-torn country for a new life
By ToI Staff
'My main goal is to honor my parents,' says Thiago Benzecry. (Courtesy of Benzecry/ via JTA)
May 24, 2021, 3:42 am
He left Brazil to be a lone soldier in Israel, then lost both parents to COVID
Attracted to the Jewish state after a Taglit-Birthright trip and a Masa fellowship, Thiago Benzecry says he will stand by his decision to immigrate despite his immense loss
By Marcus M. Gilban
Alander Especie, shown with his daughter Liz, puts on tefillin every day. (Courtesy of Especie/ via JTA)
February 26, 2021, 5:01 am
Raised in one of Rio’s most violent favelas, he’s now a rising artist in Israel
New immigrant Alander Especie joins hundreds of fellow Brazilian expats in Ra’anana, which he and other creatives are working to beautify through art
By Marcus M. Gilban
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