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An illustration picture shows a new Israeli passport and an Old Israeli passport with American Visa in Jerusalem, on January 18, 2023.

Aliyah form mentioning mental illness sees new change

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

NEW IMMIGRANTS from North America disembark at Ben-Gurion Airport after a flight arranged by Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Israel's Law of Return extends to widowers of eligible Jews, court rules

By RON KAPLAN\JTA

Flag of Portugal (illustrative).

More than 20,000 Israelis sought Portuguese nationality last year

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

Israeli security forces at the scene where the terrorist from the truck ramming attack in Maccabim caught and killed, at the Hasmonean checkpoint, on August 31, 2023

Lone soldier’s murder shows Israel’s Law of Return must be preserved - opinion

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,

Right-wing Orthodox Jewish group urges government to limit Law of Return

Most of the Ethiopian olim aren't considered entitled for aliyah according to Israel's Right of Return law, but offered citizenship as first degree relatives of Israeli citizens. Many of them will begin a process of conversion to Judaism after arriving in Israel.

Gov’t bill to force olim to wait a year before receiving permanent passport

By ELIAV BREUER

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EJC head to ‘Post’: Without Israel’s help, many Diaspora communities will disappear

SIMCHA ROTHMAN, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, was said to have ‘ruffled a few feathers’ when he addressed the Jewish Federations of North America last week.

Jewish blood is worth just as much as following the Jewish religion - opinion

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

MK Avi Maoz attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021.

Avi Maoz submits bill to repeal Law of Return's Grandchild Clause

By ZVIKA KLEIN , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SOFER: I AM aware of the sensitivities [of the ‘grandchild clause’], and when the amendment is made, it will be done in a very sensitive way, with a lot of listening to Diaspora Jewry and a broad public discourse.

Israeli gov't approves Ministerial Committee on Aliyah and Integration

Likud MK Eli Cohen Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022.

Israeli FM sends letter to Diaspora Jewry to calm judicial reform fears - exclusive

Letters

Letters to the Editor February 15, 2023: Sore losers

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ukrainian refugees arrive in Israel on February 9, 2023

90 more Ukrainian refugees land in Israel

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

Israeli Law of Return revision is another step to halachic state - opinion

By KATYA KUPCHIK

MK AMICHAI CHIKLI attends the House Committee meeting in the Knesset last week at which he was declared a defector.

Diaspora min. bashes radio host for attacking Conservative, Reform Jews

A protester holds a torch during a demonstration against proposed judicial reforms by Israel's new right-wing government in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 28, 2023.

Israeli expats, Jewish communities around world protest against Israeli reforms

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AMIR OHANA presides as Knesset speaker after his election by MKs, on Thursday. The sight of MKs Moshe Gafni and Meir Porush of United Torah Judaism turning away while Ohana delivered his speech was nauseating, says the writer.

Knesset Speaker Ohana: 'There should be no changes made to Law of Return'

Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich discusses the Law of Return

51% of Israelis believe Diaspora should be part of Law of Return debate