The aliyah of Olga Baskin from Belarus

Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the Jewish Agency has been responsible for the aliyah (immigration) and absorption (integration into Israeli society) of Jews from around the world. This includes the mass immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union though Operation Exodus and...

Hatikvah has always had the power to bring Jews around the world together. It is even more evident by this video of young olim singing hatikvah in a Jewish Agency for Israel absorption center in Ashdod.

Up close and personal with a new Israeli.

Up close and personal with a new Israeli.

Hatikvah has always had the power to bring Jews around the world together. It is even more evident by this video of young olim singing hatikvah in a Jewish Agency for Israel absorption center in Ashdod. Hatikvah, the Hope, that has fueled Jewish history. Bringing Jews around the world together...

More than 35 participants from across the US signed up to volunteer with the Jewish Agency to help Ethiopian new immigrants in Barnea Absorption Center in Ashkelon during Passover vacation 2009. Read more about this exciting day at www.jewishagency.org

After the fall of communism, many in the former Soviet Union are trying to connect to their Jewish roots. For many, the Jewish Agency for Israel's camp program is the first gateway to Judaism and to Israel. Upon the conclusion of the program youth continue to engage in other Jewish...