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Update from Ukraine: A year of war

The date 24 February 2022 is etched in Ukraine’s collective memory. What no one actually thought possible happened anyway. ‘Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine early in the morning on Thursday 24 February, with which it had been at odds since 2014’. Let me take you back …

A year ago, Anatoly fled Ukraine. Now he is enjoying his new life in Israel.

A year ago, Anatoly fled Ukraine.

After war broke out in Ukraine in February 2022, our local team immediately initiated a large-scale evacuation plan. Thousands of …

Bring the Jews Home (Aliyah) – Ethiopia

“Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you, your sons come from afar, and …

Israel welcomed 70,000 new immigrants in 2022

This year, as many as 70,000 Jews from around the world settled in Israel. That is the highest number since …

On the Run Now That Winter Has Arrived in Ukraine

After our first trip to Kherson since the liberation of the city late last week, we travelled to Kherson again …

A turbulent time in Ukraine

Since early October, we have entered a new phase of war in Ukraine. All over the country, large and smaller …

Coming Home to Israel from Ethiopia

As the rescue mission in Ukraine continues, another wave of immigration is taking place from Ethiopia. Families that have long …

The City of Zaporizhzhia is Burning

Last Thursday night the air-raid alert went off, as is the case regularly lately. Via broadcast towers people are warned …

Let us wish “a good and sweet year” to one other

All Jewish people around the World are celebrating Rosh Hashanah – one of the main holidays in Judaism which name …

There is the “Sunrise” – FH Update August 2022

Today we have spent a calm night without missile attacks and alarms. We hope that tomorrow we will be able …

Exodus from the North

In the 1980s, some three million Jews still lived in the Soviet Union. For hundreds of years, they had been …

News From the Fields – FH Update July 2022

Eighteen new kibbutzim have joined the Program and about one hundred new families will be accommodated there by the end …

Jewish refugees from Ukraine keep asking us for help: “We want to go to Israel!”

Today is our last and final journey to Moldova this week. During the first two journeys it were mainly Jewish …

XII Theses on Israel – Thesis 8 | Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer

Thesis 8: We believe that the restoration of the Jewish people to the Promised Land of Israel is the beginning …

After 20 Years, Ethiopian Sisters Make Aliyah

About 20 years ago, Workanesh (45) and Ataklit (40) parted from their parents, brothers and sisters. While their parents, brothers …

First Independence Day in Israel – First Home Update

We have welcomed more than 120 families since the beginning of 2022. Families from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus celebrated their …

In the diaspora, or being brought home…

Being lost is something we surely all recognize and occasionally experience. Sometimes you feel completely lost. Especially during a war …

Not next year, but this year in Jerusalem!

The return of Jewish refugees or repatriants also continued during Passover. On the day before Seder night, during which the …

The Story of Lyuba Yolkina from Odessa – First Home Update

Lyuba Yolkina and her 2-year-old daughter Nastia from Odessa fled the war and found a shelter in kibbutz Mashabei Sade. …

Aliyah fieldworker Nataliya: “Joy instead of tears”

Our Aliyah fieldworker Nataliya shares: “The war has been raging in Ukraine for over a month. From the very beginning …