This year we celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the modern State of Israel. The reappearance of an independent Jewish nation after a 2,000-year-long galut (exile)—one that witnessed… Read more

For me, the excitement began from the minute we chose to go to the airport. I kept thinking about the soon-to-be olim. “It’s one more month before they get here,” or “this is their last Shabbat in… Read more

Five hundred million arrive annually. They come by air, but do not have to wait in long lines at passport control or watch the baggage carousel make endless circuits until their luggage finally… Read more

The past 125 years have seen the miraculous return of our people to our ancient homeland—Eretz Yisrael. This is nothing short of astounding when you consider that in 1880 there were approximately… Read more