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Argentinian Jews moving to Israel get off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv in 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jewish Agency for Israel)
Posted inWorld

Driven by uncertainty at home, Argentinian Jews flock to Israel

by JTA March 16, 2021
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut presides over the high court in Jerusalem, March 19, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli Supreme Court rules state must grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 1, 2021March 1, 2021
Nataliya Olshanskaya plays Natasha in "Birth Right." (Photo/JTA-Ilya Marcus)
Posted inTV & Film

A short film offers new perspective on Birthright — through the eyes of young Russian Jews

by Stephen Silver and JTA December 8, 2020December 8, 2020
Left: Israelis protest in support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, May 24, 2020 (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images). Right: A woman protesting the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo/JTA-Jason Armond-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

My two homes — Israel and the U.S. — feel like they’re in collapse. What do I do next?

Ben Hartman by Ben Hartman and JTA October 21, 2020October 21, 2020
Ben Snyder, Yael Meoded and daughter Ellie moved to Israel from San Francisco in September.
Posted inNews

Pandemic delays but doesn’t deter families from fresh start in Israel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 1, 2020October 2, 2020
Writer Ari Bornstein holds up an Israeli flag in Jerusalem.
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I am leaving the Bay Area and enlisting in the IDF

Ari Bornstein by Ari Bornstein July 21, 2020June 4, 2021
Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart, and Yoav Galant, minister of Aliyah and Integration, with 41 future Lone Soldiers who arrived on a flight of 242 new immigrants from North America, Aug. 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Nefesh b'Nefesh-Shahar Azran)
Posted inIsrael

Israel immigration group Nefesh B’Nefesh reports highest number of applications since its founding

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 24, 2020
Joel and Tsipporah Adelman before their flight to Israel, where they say they are going a bit “stir crazy” in quarantine. (JTA/COURTESY ADELMANS)
Posted inNews

The coronavirus hasn’t stopped immigration to Israel — but quarantine awaits

by Sam Sokol and JTA April 2, 2020
two children with their mother and father smiling
Posted inThanksgiving

An Israeli American gives thanks for the USA

Keren Smith by Keren Smith November 19, 2018November 19, 2018
S.F. native Yoni Mann's campaign poster
Posted inIsrael at 70

After a day school Israel trip, he’s running for Jerusalem city council

by Rob Gloster October 2, 2018October 3, 2018

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