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Diaspora & Migration · 45 stories · Updated Sep 11, 2026

Aliyah & Wealth Migration

The economics of moving to Israel: finding work, relocating wealth and navigating financial obligations across borders.

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Israeli Banks for Olim: How to Choose Before Making AliyahLead story
Aliyah & Wealth Migration · May 26, 2026, 5:49 AM EDT

Israeli Banks for Olim: How to Choose Before Making Aliyah

Israeli banks for olim compared: account setup, US citizen paperwork, Zakaut mortgages and the 75% loan-to-value limit, with facts sourced to Nefesh B'Nefesh and the banks.

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21,900 olim arrived in Israel in 2025 from 105 countries, according to the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. The headline figure is roughly one-third below 2024.

The decline is misleading. Strip out Russia and the picture inverts. Non-Russian aliyah rose 23.6% year over year, and 81% since 2023.

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By origin: Russia at roughly 8,300, down 57% from 19,500 the prior year. France at 3,300, up 45%. The United Kingdom at 840, in its second consecutive year of growth. North America at 4,150 through Nefesh B'Nefesh — the highest annual figure in four years, up 12%.

The pipeline behind those numbers is steeper than the arrivals. Per Nefesh B'Nefesh, application files opened during 2025 reached 13,389 — roughly 50% above the 2022 base.

The cohort is also younger and more professional than prior waves. About one-third of 2025 olim were aged 18 to 35. Among Nefesh B'Nefesh arrivals, the average age was 31. 93 physicians arrived through the International Medical Aliyah program.

Layered onto these demographics is a new financial architecture. In March 2026, the Knesset Finance Committee approved a five-year income-tax exemption for new olim. The 10-year foreign-source exemption remains intact. The combined package is the most aggressive aliyah tax framework Israel has enacted.

The Olam covers it as cross-border migration intelligence — country by country, statute by statute, tracker by tracker.

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The French Aliyah Bet
Aliyah & Wealth Migration · May 29, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
The French Aliyah Bet

France led 2025's aliyah surge with a 45% jump in arrivals and a 350% spike in applications. The trigger isn't economic — it's a documented rupture in…

The American Aliyah Bet
Aliyah & Wealth Migration · May 31, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
The American Aliyah Bet

Nefesh B'Nefesh closed 2025 with 4,150 olim from North America — its biggest year in four. The driver is solidarity, not flight. But the antisemitism…

Olam Index 2026: Aliyah
Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 10, 2026, 4:52 PM EDT
Olam Index 2026: Aliyah

Aliyah is the only Olam Index category where one entity owns the answer outright — Nefesh B'Nefesh on every prompt. Roughly 80 service providers opera…

The 2026 Aliyah Window and the Pull on Wealth
Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 12, 2026, 9:13 AM EDT
The 2026 Aliyah Window and the Pull on Wealth

Israel is offering new arrivals in 2026 the most generous tax package in its history. For diaspora wealth, it is a genuine pull — and a more complicat…

200,000 French Jews. Five AI Engines. One Test.
Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Aug 16, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT
200,000 French Jews. Five AI Engines. One Test.

30 prompts, 5 AI engines, all in French. The 2026 tax law appears in fewer than 15% of answers. Two engines give outdated advice that could cost olim…

Brandon Korff: Redstone Heir Seeks Israeli Residency
Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Aug 23, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT
Brandon Korff: Redstone Heir Seeks Israeli Residency

Brandon Korff, grandson of Sumner Redstone, filed for Israeli residency in August 2025. Here is his confirmed record, his father's Jerusalem rabbinic…