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North American aliyah wave continues as 2,200 immigrants set to arrive this summer

The immigrants are part of an unprecedented wave of aliyah taking place during the summer months, from June through September.

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. The number of aliyah files opened by individuals and families expressing interest in future immigration has surged dramatically.
The Jewish Agency Chairman Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog (far right) and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer with a new Olim family from France, August 3, 2026.

‘Power of Zionism’: Israel welcomes 140 new immigrants from France, including 80 children

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How Israel's western Galilee is rebuilding through tourism after war

DORON ALMOG HAS served as chairman of The Jewish Agency since 2022.

Life story that goes beyond Entebbe: 'I swore near his burnt tank to never leave a soldier behind'


Time for an Anglo chair of the Jewish Agency? - opinion

Few Jewish Agency chairs have been able to understand the complexity of growing up and living in a Diaspora Jewish community.

 View of the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem,

Grapevine October 17, 2021: A woman's work...

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FRENCH AMBASSADOR Éric Danon with Maya Tchich.

This woman revolutionized Israel’s education system - here’s how

Long before COVID, Yaffa Zilbershats was promoting the concept of remote digital learning in order to make higher education accessible to all segments of the population.

 ZILBERSHATS WANTS Israel to become ‘a brain gain country.’

On Yom HaAliyah, new immigrants dance in Jerusalem

The celebratory event was modeled after the exciting moments following the State of Israel's establishment in 1948 when citizens from across the country took to the streets and danced.

Jewish Agency Hora

Jewish Agency rejects Lapid request to postpone chairman vote

Report: Lapid wants Tzipi Livni to run for the position. She did not deny the report in response to 'Post' query.

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at the Knesset, October 5, 2021.

On anniversary of Babyn Yar, 100 Ukrainian immigrants arrive in Israel on Jewish Agency flight

“80 years since the terrible massacre in Babyn Yar, you dear immigrants are the voice of those who were cruelly destroyed just because they were Jews,” said the Agency's Acting Chairman Yaakov Hagoel

 On anniversary of Babyn Yar, 100 Ukrainian immigrants arrive in Israel on Jewish Agency flight

Jewish Agency CEO: Jews living in 'interesting and paradoxical period'

No. 32 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021: First female CEO and director-general of the The Jewish Agency for Israel Amira Ahronoviz.

Amira Ahronoviz

Bennett plunges into Jewish Agency race for Stern

Strategic Planning Minister Eli Avidar is confident his promotion is on the way.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, September 5, 2021.

Nevzlin mulls joining crowded field of Jewish Agency candidates

If chosen for the post, she would be the first woman to head the agency. Herzog has denied urging former MK Uzi Dayan to run.  

 View of the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem,

First Israeli Druze woman MK to be first Druze Jewish Agency emissary

Kamal-Mreeh will represent the Jewish Agency, in its efforts to connect with North American college campuses on Israel.

Incoming president Isaac Herzog and  MK Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh