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Even in War, the Dream Moves Forward

Many think buying property in Israel must wait, but experts say now is exactly the time to help build Israel’s future.

DECEMBER 5, 2024|BySHIA GETTER

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OCTOBER 31, 2024|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

In Uncertain Times, One Thing Is Clear: Israel Is Home

Despite the war, olim and investors are continuing to build their lives here

FEBRUARY 12, 2025|ByMALKA WINNER

From New York to the National Library of Israel: Naomi Schacter's journey

'The home of the book for the People of the Book.’

NAOMI SCHACHTER; from New York City to Jerusalem, 1983.

Israel’s healthcare through an olah’s eyes: one woman’s story of struggle and strength

Test results are often difficult to understand in Hebrew.

Israel aims to improve absorption of olim into education system ahead of coming school year

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. Instead of fearmongering, we should be encouraging an aliyah of ideals and idealism, the writer maintains.

Planning Aliyah? Here's what you need to know before making the move to Israel

From Brooklyn to Jerusalem: Dr. Yehuda Resiman's back and forth journey

Now he’s truly home. And although he is unhappy with Israel’s current political leadership, he’s not leaving again.

AUGUST 23, 2025ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

YEHUDA REISMAN with a mother and child in Haiti, one year after the earthquake.

Welcome home: First Nefesh B'Nefesh flight since Oct. 7 lands in Israel

This group of new immigrants joined more than 90,000 others who have made aliyah with the support of Nefesh B’Nefesh since 2002.

AUGUST 23, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES

THE BASKIN family were among the first to deplane after touching down in their new home. Sigal, 17, and Liat, 12, are towered over by their brother, Itai, 15. Mom, Revital, waves to the camera as Dad, Joseph, accompanies his family down the stairs while smiles abound.

Navigating Israel’s healthcare system as an oleh

The experiences of olim navigating Israel’s healthcare system— stories that are often frustrating and relatable, sometimes amusing, and at times even inspiring.

AUGUST 22, 2025ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN

View of a Maccabi Health Center in Modi'in, on January 26, 2021.

From blue hair to Bukhara: The restless journey of Ari Kresch

At 70, Ari Kresch is, by his own admission, living life with the urgency of someone determined to pack in as many connections, adventures, and acts of discovery as possible.

AUGUST 16, 2025ByNATAN ROTHSTEIN

Ari Kresch poses in front of Paris Square near Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue before Shabbat.

From Baku to Tel Aviv: Galina Mintz’s journey of art, aliyah, and identity

It’s hard to imagine that Mintz’s life would have progressed as it did if she hadn’t made aliyah.

AUGUST 16, 2025ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

‘CATS’ BLUES,’ dedicated to the stray cat that came into the artist’s home and soothed her soul in the wake of Oct. 7.

Making aliyah for love: A matchmaker’s story

The Magazine spoke with an olah who chose a life in the Middle East for her now-husband.

AUGUST 16, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Surviving Israeli public transport as an oleh

Diving headfirst into the chaos of the Israeli public transport system amid a heatwave and the temporary shutdown of Jerusalem's light rail.

AUGUST 15, 2025ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN

The Jerusalem light rail is temporarily out of service, forcing commuters onto already crowded buses or scrambling for alternative ways to get around.

Nefesh B’Nefesh welcomes 225 North American olim on 65th charter aliyah fight

WATCH: With a nation in the healing process, this charter Aliyah flight serves as a powerful reminder of the growing future of Israel.

AUGUST 13, 2025ByNEFESH B NEFESH

Nefesh B’Nefesh welcomes Olim on 65th charter aliyah flight

‘We just wanted to come home’

The emotional rollercoaster of buying property in Israel

AUGUST 13, 2025ByMALKA WINNER, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GETTER GROUP.

SHMUEL PURCHASED an apartment in Acre, and now rents it out as an Airbnb.

Olim from former Soviet Union harmed by systemic failures despite high retention rate

Alex Reif: "It is a national waste that Israel is losing immigrants who wish to integrate due to basic failures in absorption."

AUGUST 10, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Ukrainian refugees are seen arriving in Israel as part of Operation Israeli Guarantee, on March 6, 2022.