About 6,1000 Jewish immigrants immigrated to Israel in 2022 as of mid-November. This is according to data from “Ofek Israeli” – the National Society for Encouraging Aliyah to Israel. We note that the CBS data shows that in 2021, 25,497 immigrants arrived in Israel, an increase of 29.6% compared to 2020.
The data shows that 3,280 Jews arrived in Israel from North America, i.e. Canada and the United States until the middle of last month, 493 men and women immigrated to Israel from Britain, 1,957 people immigrated to Israel from France, and 1,750 immigrants immigrated to Israel from Belarus in the last year.
The Russia-Ukraine war had an impact
The war between Russia and Ukraine hastened Jewish families to immigrate to Israel, this is also reflected in the numbers – 14,450 immigrants immigrated from Ukraine, and more than 32,000 thousand people immigrated from Russia, about half of the immigrants to Israel from all over the world. 1,000 people came to Israel from Argentina, 411 people from South Africa, and another 3,800 immigrants came from other countries around the world.
Next week, the Ofek Israeli organization in Ashdod will hold a special conference for hundreds of emissaries from all over the world who meet with the Jewish communities and those entitled to aliyah and encourage them to immigrate to Israel. and in other places in Israel and get to know the variety of absorption programs offered to immigrants.
“A clear desire to integrate and be part of the people of Israel”
CEO of Ofek Israeli Shimon Cohen says that in recent years the encouragement of immigration to Israel has been carried out with the help of hundreds of emissaries located all over the world and with the help of proper information we are seeing tens of thousands of people immigrate to Israel. Living here with a clear recognition of the benefits of living in Israel and with a clear desire to integrate and be part of the Israeli people, there is tremendous success in 2022.”
Dimi Afratsev, Chairman of Ofek Israeli says that he is proud of the privilege he has to fulfill the Zionist vision and the opportunity he has been given to strengthen Israel with tens of thousands of new immigrants every year. “Even in the crisis in Ukraine, a country where I served as an emissary in the past, we knew how to react quickly and make sure that those entitled to aliyah would come home to Israel.”
Dimi Afratsev and Shimon Cohen Photography: Yael Cohen