27,050 people in all made the Jewish state their new home this year, up 30% from the year before but still below pre-COVID numbers

'Angels & Tahina' and 'Aliya: Home. Hope. Reality' bring two Jerusalem families' experiences into sharp relief

Citing already increased numbers of applications, both Nefesh B' Nefesh and Jewish Agency predict influx

Group reports highest rate of North Americans applying to move to Israel since 2002; immigration minister predicts 90,000 new arrivals in 2020, compared to 35,000 last year

Immigration minister says the Jewish state expects arrival of some 90,000 immigrants in 2021, compared to 35,463 last year

Nefesh B'Nefesh says woman had previously tested positive for antibodies, took taxi home from airport; passenger says travelers weren't wearing masks or keeping their distance

'I am excited to start my new life in Israel,' says one passenger of flight organized by Nefesh B'Nefesh group

Even as the two dozen new immigrants were in air on their way to their new land, the country tightened coronavirus guidelines and bureaucrats scrambled

Annual aliya fair of some 1,250 people in Teaneck, NJ, canceled after local man diagnosed with potentially deadly virus