Aliyah from Latin America in the 2000s
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| Aliyah to Israel and settlement |
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| Pre-Zionist Aliyah |
| The Return to Zion The Old Yishuv |
| Before May 14, 1948 |
| First Aliyah · Second Aliyah During World War I Third Aliyah · Fourth Aliyah Fifth Aliyah During and after World War II Berihah |
| After May 14, 1948 |
| Operation Magic Carpet Operation Ezra and Nehemiah 1968 Polish aliyah 1970s Soviet Union aliyah Aliyah from Ethiopia 1990s CIS aliyah 2000s Latin America aliyah |
| Concepts |
| Judaism · Zionism Law of Return Jewish homeland Yerida · Galut Jewish Messianism |
| Persons and organizations |
| Theodor Herzl · Knesset World Zionist Organization Nefesh B'Nefesh · El Al |
| Related topics |
| Jewish history Jewish diaspora Jews in the Land of Israel History of Israel Yishuv · Israeli Jews Revival of Hebrew language History of Zionism Religious Zionism Anti-Zionism Haredim and Zionism Green Zionism |
Following the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, and in the wake of the 1999–2002 Argentine political and economic crisis, many Argentine Jews emigrated to Israel.
More than 10,000 Jews from Argentina immigrated to Israel since 2000, joining the thousands of previous olim already there. The crisis in Argentina also affected its neighbor country Uruguay, from which over 500 Jews made aliyah in the same period. During 2002 and 2003 the Jewish Agency launched an intensive public campaign to promote aliyah from the region, and offered additional economical aid for immigrants from Argentina and Uruguay. Although the Argentine economy improved, Jews continue to immigrate to Israel, albeit in smaller numbers than before. Some of those immigrants came back to Argentina in the wake of Argentinian economic growth from 2003 onwards.
Olim from other Latin American countries, where there also have been crises, are also making aliyah in smaller numbers. They do not receive the same economic benefits as Argentine olim do, despite the current situation in most of South America[citation needed].
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- Jewish Agency for Israel Aliyah from all over the world since 1948
- Argentine Jews Find Challenges as They Forge New Lives in Israel
- Aliyah From Argentina Slows As Country Digs Itself Out
