First aliyah

Keeping Jews Jewish isn't enough. We must build them - opinion

Zionism built more than a State – it built a different kind of Jew

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Early Zionist pioneers sought not only to establish a Jewish homeland but to reshape Jewish life through physical labor, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.Premium
New olim at Ben Gurion Airport greeting first graders

New school, new home: Young olim begin the school year in Israel

From learning Hebrew to making new friends, five young olim share the excitement and nerves of finding their place in an Israeli classroom.

|ByELLIOT HELLER, IN COLLABORATION WITH NEFESH B’NEFESH
The surrender of Jerusalem, December 9, 1917.

The war against the Jewish state began long before Israel was established - opinion

The war against the Jewish state began almost 150 years ago, well before the Balfour Declaration and before the first Zionist Congress organized by Theodor Herzl in Basel in 1897...

|ByJACOB SIVAK
THE EXPECTATION that citizens should roam the length and breadth of the country in order to find an appointment slot somewhere to renew a passport is preposterous.

Proposed Law of Return amendment sparks debate over conversion standards in Israel

Religious coalition lawmakers frame the bill as a return to halachic conversion standards, while opponents say it would hand the religious establishment greater control over Jewish identity

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

Ask Sarah, the Bituah Leumi expert 77862

Vol LIII: How long can my parents in law visit us in the USA without losing benefits? My mother in law is 59 and she receives Hashmalat Ahnasa and my father in law is 66 and receives Kizvat Zikna.

OCTOBER 10, 2007BySARAH GARGI
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