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Sara Weinstein and her husband Rabbi Shmuel Weinstein recently traveled to Israel and met with Chabad on Campus Pittsburgh alumni. (Photo provided by Sara Weinstein)
May 20, 2026, 9:48 am
Alumni, aliyah and the bonds that endure
The way that each of them combine their professional goals with their dedication to the Jewish people and the land of Israel is awesome.
By Sara Weinstein
Raphael Mimoun and his wife, Eva Cohen, at a Paris event for medical professionals eyeing a move to Israel. (Credit: Thierry Van Biesen, May 3, 2026)
May 4, 2026, 9:14 am
‘No future for Jews of France:’ Scores of French doctors to immigrate to Israel
Nearly four of five French Jews feel unsafe, according to a recent survey.
By Etgar Lefkovits
Bnei Menashe olim arriving in Israel. (Maxim Dinshtein for The Jewish Agency)
April 27, 2026, 4:20 pm
200+ Bnei Menashe immigrate to Israel from India, the first to make the journey in years
The remaining 6,000 members of the community are expected to immigrate by 2030.
By Grace Gilson
New immigrants arrive in Israel after a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, Aug. 20, 2025. (Photo by Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
December 30, 2025, 9:51 am
2025 saw sharp drop in immigration to Israel even as arrivals from Western nations surged
Total aliyah fell by a third as Russian immigration halved, while immigration from North America jumped 12% amid skyrocketing antisemitism
By Zev Stub
November 20, 2025, 9:48 am
Anti-Zionist protesters chant ‘Death to the IDF’ at New York City synagogue
Activists gather in Manhattan to demonstrate against event promoting immigration to Israel, chanting to ‘globalize the intifada’ and accosting Jews
EL AL 4X-EKM (Photo by Mussi Katz, courtesy of flickr.com)
November 19, 2025, 9:23 am
Why don’t we all just go?
We’ve been exporting Jewish talent for centuries. What happens if, for once, we bring it home?
By Shlomi Bennett
Ilan Gordon, 22, in the Philadelphia suburbs the day before he left for Israel, Aug. 18, 2025. (Photo by Carin M. Smilk)
August 19, 2025, 10:31 pm
Attacked at college, Pitt graduate off to defend Israel in person
“I’ve been looking forward to this moment most of my life,” said Ilan Gordon, 22, as he leaves as part of the annual Nefesh B’Nefesh group flight to Israel.
By Carin M. Smilk
There's room for both Dolly Parton and Israel in Kally Rubin Kislowicz's world. (Photo by Joe Shlabotnik, courtesy of Flickr.com)
April 2, 2025, 10:07 am
Jolene Ben Ari: The best of both worlds
And then I understood that if being Israeli means not knowing the words to Jolene, I don’t want to be right
By Kally Rubin Kislowicz
Starting in the mid-1960s, the Israel Aliyah Center posted regular advertisements in this newspaper encouraging locals to make aliyah. (Image from the Jewish Chronicle, Feb. 3, 1967, via the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project)
September 23, 2024, 9:24 am
A firsthand view of war
Pittsburgh learned about the Yom Kippur War from a handful of Pittsburghers — including a small group of passionate teenagers and 20-somethings.
By Eric Lidji
Rabbi Daniel Wasserman, the morning after he arrived in Israel, studying at Yeshiva Tichona Amit (Yagel) in Ashdod (Photo courtesy of Rabbi Daniel Wasserman)
January 2, 2023, 1:23 pm
Four months after making aliyah: Checking in with Rabbi Daniel Wasserman
The former Shaare Torah Congregation rabbi is enjoying life and learning in the Jewish state.
By Justin Vellucci
Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata handing out gifts aboard an aliyah flight from Ethiopia on June 1, 2022. (Amy Spiro/The Times of Israel)
June 1, 2022, 9:17 pm
181 Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel as aliyah from African nation restarts
After more than a year without immigration flights from Addis Ababa, the first of what is promised to be 3,000 new olim greeted with festive ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport
By Amy Spiro
Jill Shames marks the beginning of Shabbat while volunteering in Moldova. Photo courtesy of United Hatzalah Operation Orange Wings
April 8, 2022, 5:12 pm
Former Pittsburgher welcomed Ukrainian refugees to Moldova
Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Jill Shames traveled to eastern Europe to offer care
By Adam Reinherz
People exit an Allegro train at the central railway station in Helsinki, March 3, 2022. Trains to Finland are packed with Russians fearful that now is their last chance to escape the impact of Western sanctions. (Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images)
March 10, 2022, 2:41 pm
Their country suddenly a pariah, Jews look for ways to leave Russia
Israel has eased its immigration process for Russians, but embassy wait times are unlikely to be affected.
By Jonathan Shamir
Alex, Yves and Sarih Bettan, from Englewood, N.J., are part of a pandemic-era wave of immigrants to Israel from North America. (Yonit Schiller)
July 29, 2021, 12:01 pm
Record-breaking aliyah from North America to Israel projected for 2021
For many, the crisis of the pandemic caused a change in life plans
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Michael Vivier, 25, shows off his new immigrant card upon arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, Sept. 2, 2020. (Courtesy of Vivier via JTA)
January 4, 2021, 12:51 pm
US immigration to Israel holds up in 2020 despite pandemic
3,168 Americans and Canadians braved the obstacles and immigrated to Israel last year, only a 10% drop from the 3,575 who came in 2019.
By Larry Luxner
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