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Landing in Israel after making aliyah
December 18, 2025, 2:25 pm
UK aliyah surges 70% since 2023
Charity warns demand for Aliyah guidance is outpacing resources amid rising antisemitism and record UK interest in Israel
By Annabel Sinclair
Landing in Israel after making aliyah
November 20, 2025, 1:53 pm
Musician Ishay Ribo headlines Aliyah Day events in London this weekend
Experts on hand to provide practical information for those considering moving to Israel
By Michelle Rosenberg
Theodor Herzl speaking at the First Zionist Congress in 1897
October 22, 2025, 3:14 pm
OPINION: Why the upcoming World Zionist Congress deeply matters
The meeting will determine how some of the largest Jewish organisations will work and spend money over the next five years in response to immense challenges faced by Jews worldwide
By Dr Yizhar Hess
UJIA brings 135 Israel Tour leaders together in Haifa
June 26, 2025, 5:35 pm
Fate of Israel summer tours contingent on foreign office guidance, says UJIA
Hundreds of teenagers remain hopeful as Jewish youth movements prepare for every eventuality, including delayed departures or adjusted dates
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Jewish Agency for Israel
October 8, 2024, 1:50 pm
World’s Jewish population now almost 16 million, says Jewish Agency
Research finds an annual increase of 100,000, with 7.3 million living in Israel, 313,000 in the UK, 438,500 in France, 117,000 in Australia and 10,000 in Panama
By Michelle Rosenberg
Screenshot from conference brochure.
June 12, 2024, 12:30 pm
Inaugural Jewish doctors conference will discuss antisemitism in the workplace
Israeli Medical Association, General Medical Council and Campaign Against Antisemitism will speak at two-day event in Brighton
By Michelle Rosenberg
Beta Israel, Pic: Meketa
August 14, 2023, 9:45 am
OPINION: How long can the 6,000 Ethiopian Jews caught up in civil war survive?
Israel needs to urgently up the ante to save the lives of 6,000 Ethiopian Jews from the country's civil war, writes Sybil Sheridan from Meketa, which supports Jews in Ethiopia.
By Sybil Sheridan
Moscow Choral Synagogue
January 12, 2023, 6:47 pm
Number of Russian Jews down sharply in last decade, pre-Ukraine war census reveals
Growing exodus from Russia with those identifying as Jewish dropping by over half to 82,644 in 2021 over an eleven year period.
By David I Klein (JTA)
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays during a protest in Jerusalem. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
January 4, 2023, 1:53 pm
Jewish Agency to Netanyahu: ‘Concern’ about Law of Return and religious status quo
In a highly unusual letter to Netanyahu, the Jewish agency voiced concern that his government could undermine the the status quo and threaten Israel's ties with world Jewry
By Jotam Confino in Israel
A further court hearing was held into the Jewish Agency's case in Moscow on Friday (Photo: Jewish News/Reuters)
August 19, 2022, 11:07 am
Court delays Russian bid to liquidate Jewish Agency assets
Lawyers for the organisation, which arranges Jewish emigration, says they are 'not losing hope'
By Michael Daventry
July 28, 2022, 11:22 am
Moscow court begins hearing into bid to liquidate Jewish Agency’s Russian assets
Thursday's hearing comes as an Israeli delegation arrives in the Russian capital to hold talks with officials
By Michael Daventry
Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Photo: Maksim Konstantinov/ SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
July 26, 2022, 2:53 pm
Russia slams Israel’s ‘biased’ rhetoric on Ukraine amid bid to shut Jewish Agency
The remark by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova came after officials moved to close down the Jewish Agency in Russia
By Michael Daventry
Visitors to Israel on a Birthright trip
July 20, 2022, 1:44 pm
British Birthright participants quit trip over West Bank settlement stay
EXCLUSIVE: Demand for rooms due to the Maccabiah Games and President Biden's visit meant another option could not be found last minute, organisers said
First Jewish migrant group from Ukraine arrives in Poland
February 27, 2022, 2:14 pm
First Jewish migrants arrive in Poland as Israel ramps up Ukraine response
Jewish Agency officials are setting up processing stations next to at least five border crossings
By Michael Daventry
February 16, 2022, 11:10 am
Voice of the Jewish News: Israel’s diaspora ties demand a new Jewish Agency chief now
It cannot be right that the world's biggest Jewish NGO has been left rudderless because of an opaque appointments process
By Voice of the Jewish News
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