Alors que plusieurs milliers de Juifs de France sont attendus en Israël cette année, Eva Cohen, directrice du secteur de Jérusalem et de Judée au ministère de l’Aliyah et de l’Intégration, détaille les premières étapes, les aides disponibles et les défis qui attendent les nouveaux immigrants. Son conseil numéro un : préparer son arrivée le plus tôt possible — et commencer l’hébreu avant même de monter dans l’avion

A new year invites us to set goals, change habits and turn over a new leaf, but Rabbi Isaac Arama suggests beginning with a different question: What is truly missing, what should be left behind and what should instead be preserved?

Six weeks into the journey, Dani and Arielle are settling into life in Israel, while Daniel has just arrived and is about to reveal what his own first days as a new oleh really look like 

Bete Israel’s traditions of creation, purification and remembrance offer a counterpoint to rabbinic Judaism’s focus on judgment, raising a deeper question about human responsibility for the world entrusted to us

The 200-page dossier includes reports that Auschwitz’s ‘Angel of Death’ may have entered Switzerland under false identities while wanted internationally; the files were originally ordered sealed until 2071

From opening an aliyah file and establishing eligibility to finding the right absorption program, learning Hebrew and building a career in Israel, The Jewish Agency for Israel offers prospective and new olim support throughout the journey; this is where to begin