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Rachel and Yosef Gross immigrated to Israel in February of 2020, and due to the pandemic, Rachel was unable to fly to Chicago to visit her cancer-stricken father before his death the following February. But Gross says she has no misgivings about moving to Jerusalem. (Courtesy of Rachel Gross via JTA)

Immigration to Israel Soars Despite Pandemic

April 15, 2021April 9, 2021 JTA

Rather than diminishing interest in immigrating to Israel, the pandemic appears to have fueled it. Over the first three months of 2021, the number of immigrants arriving in Israel from North America was up 30% over the same period a year ago.

Texas-born Michael Vivier and his girlfriend, Michal Lefkowitz, hike in the Negev shortly after Vivier’s immigration to Israel. (Courtesy of Vivier, via JTA)

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Immigration to Israel Holds Up in 2020, Despite Pandemic

February 11, 2021February 10, 2021 JTA

Even in a year of quarantines and lockdowns, 3,168 Americans and Canadians immigrated to Israel in 2020, only a 10% drop from the 3,575 who came in 2019.

Voters casting early ballots in Atlanta, Oct. 18, 2018. Groups such as The Jewish Council for Public Affairs are endorsing specific ballot initiatives across the country. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

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Liberal Jewish Groups Push for Ballot Measures on Immigration and Transgender Rights

November 6, 2018March 13, 2021 Ron Kampeas, JTA

In a number of cases, Jewish groups have taken the lead in compiling the signatures needed to get an issue on the ballot and in staffing phone banks.

Volunteers from Jews United for Justice rally on behalf of immigrant families. (Handout photo)

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JUFJ Leaders Talk about Immigration Issues

July 18, 2018March 13, 2021 Peter Arnold

Leaders of the Jews United for Justice organization talk about ICE’s unfair treatment of immigrants in Baltimore and around the country.

Barbed wire fence (Photo courtesy Pat O'Malley, Flickr)

Opinion

Jmore’s Thoughts, Opinions and Coverage on the Immigration Battle

June 21, 2018June 19, 2019 JMORE Staff

U.S. immigration officers take a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Tex., on June 12. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images/Courtesy of JTA)

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Lies and Blasphemy Prop Up America’s New Immigration Policies

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 Michael Olesker

Under previous administrations, those caught entering the United States illegally faced deportation but not criminal charges – and they were not separated from their children.

Shimon Abta and his wife, who asked not to be named, visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem in happier times. (Courtesy of the Abta family)

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Nevada Welcomed this Israeli Marijuana Scientist. US Immigration Threw Him Out

January 31, 2018 JTA

Shimon Abta appears to be the lone cannabis industry worker expelled from the United States due to a gap between federal and state law.

Jennifer Mendelsohn of Baltimore will be among the genealogists participating in the virtual workshop, "Jewish Roots in Ukraine: Context and Connection." (File photo)

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Jewish Journalist Confronts Trump’s Immigration Allies with Their Own Histories

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 JTA

Jennifer Mendelsohn has performed searches for the immigrant forbears of a handful of President Donald Trump’s advisers and supporters, seeking hard data to support the idea that America is a nation of immigrants

“Dreamers” originally from Ecuador watching Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ remarks on ending the DACA program on a smartphone in Manhattan, Sept. 5, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Jewish Groups Attack Trump’s Call to End DACA Immigration Program

September 5, 2017September 6, 2017 Ron Kampeas, JTA

The Trump administration said it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program launched by President Barack Obama in 2011 after multiple attempts failed in Congress to pass an immigration bill that would settle the status of 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Barbed wire fence (Photo courtesy Pat O'Malley, Flickr)

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Both Sides of the Fence on Immigration

August 29, 2017August 10, 2017 Charlie Levine

Immigration is a major issue facing our country that should not be politicized. We are dealing with human beings who have taken many risks to enter our country.

Is the American Dream sailing away? The national median income has risen only modestly since the Reagan administration, while the income of the richest 0.1 percent of the population has quadrupled. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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White House Aide Stephen Miller Doesn’t Think Statue of Liberty Has to do with Immigration

August 3, 2017 Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson were among the presidents who gave pro-immigration speeches at the base of the statue.

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