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 Young Russian-speaking volunteers help newer immigrants navigate life in Israel. Hedva Agapova, SSY Jerusalem Volunteer Coordinator, with Linda Pardes Friedburg

SSY: Helping Russian-speaking olim integrate into Israel

By ELI MANDELBAUM
 A woman points to her relatives’ names on the memorial wall at Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Passover: Former Soviet Union Jews finding freedom in Israel

By Veronica Neifakh
 Google co-founder Sergey Brin at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos in 2017.

US Jews don't recognize the impact of Russian immigrants on Israel

 A tank of pro-Russian troops drives along a road near burnt-out residential buildings in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 5, 2022.

Russia to produce, modernize over 1,600 tanks - Putin

 ALIYAH AND INTEGRATION Minister Ofir Sofer takes over from Pnina Tamano-Shata at a handover ceremony at the ministry, in Jerusalem, on January 1. ‘Is Israel ready to accept new waves of olim?’

Diaspora Week: Questions to ask about Jews from the former Soviet Union - opinion

By HAIM BEN YAKOV
UKRAINIAN OLIM arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport last month.

2023 sees 434% increase in aliyah from the former Soviet Union - Jewish Agency

 A photograph of Stalin taken in 1937.

Purim 1953 in the USSR: When Joseph Stalin had his fatal stroke

By LARRY PFEFFER
 A tank of pro-Russian troops drives along a road near burnt-out residential buildings in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 5, 2022.

Russia replacing armor losses with 1960s Soviet tanks -UK intel

Irwin Cotler, Canada’s new Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism.

Grapevine February 22, 2023: A matter of timing

 New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016,

Aliyah from Russia still high: More than 5,000 immigrants in January

 NEW ‘OLIM’ from North America arrive on an ‘aliyah flight’ arranged by Nefesh B’Nefesh.

The hidden aliyah crisis

 FBI agents work outside the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted after a break-in at their house, according to a statement from her office, in San Francisco, California, US, October 28, 2022.

Man arrested in shooting at San Francisco Jewish center, charged with drawing imitation firearm

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Oded Forer at the Presidential Meeting

Israeli aliyah panel head slams minister's push to favor US, French olim

 ALIYAH AND INTEGRATION Minister Ofir Sofer: There is an assumption that olim from financially established countries don’t need any support or assistance. That isn’t true.

Israel wants more Western immigrants - aliyah minister

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli.

Israel's Law of Return won't change overnight, Diaspora minister stresses