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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

By MICHAEL STARR

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

Grapevine February 22, 2023: A matter of timing

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

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

By MICHAEL FREUND

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

A group of Hassidic jews stand for a picture in Red Square with a poster as they take part in the Moshiach parade in honour of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on August 16

What the history of the Jews of the USSR teaches us

By Dr. Haim Ben Yakov , Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Director General

Jonathan Porath presents his book to President Isaac Herzog.

'Here We Are All Jews': Jewish champions behind the Iron Curtain - review

By Miri Weissman

Cars burn on a street after a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack of Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine, December 24, 2022.

Ukraine's economy falls 30.4% in 2022 because of war - minister

By REUTERS

Masa welcomes new fellows demand for long-term programs in Israel rise

Jewish Agency, North America federation raise $3 million for Masa Israel