A couple of weeks back, we broke the story about how the visa waiver language in an AIPAC-backed Israel assistance bill differed in the Senate and House versions. There’s much more in the bill than visa waivers, having to do with enhanced missile defense assistance, closer cooperation, etc. What intrigued me about the visa waiver… More ▸
A New York immigration lawyer who fraudulently presented himself as a rabbi was sentenced to a four-year prison term. More ▸
Carrying signs reading “Don’t Deport My Bubbe” and “What Would Moses Do?,” demonstrators representing several Jewish organizations participated in the Rally for Citizenship in Washington. More ▸
Some 350 National Council of Jewish Women activists lobbied for abortion rights, gun controls and immigration reform. More ▸
Jewish immigration to Israel fell 2 percent last year, a trend that was bucked by new arrivals from Europe and the former Soviet Union. More ▸
A group of some 20 African migrants is trapped between Israel’s border fence with Egypt and Israeli soldiers who have been ordered not to let them in. More ▸
Immigrants to Israel protested a possible end of full government scholarships for university degrees. More ▸
An Israeli rabbinical group and leading Orthodox rabbis in the Diaspora have agreed to help prospective new immigrants whose Jewish status has been questioned by Israeli immigration authorities. More ▸
What to do when far-right movements and figures like the alleged perpetrator of the deadly attacks in Norway seek to make common cause with Jews and Israel? Be wary of movements where violent extremists can find an ideological home, some Jewish figures say. More ▸
Scores of new immigrants from North America were welcomed to Israel at a ceremony. More ▸
