{"id":67,"date":"2018-03-09T13:15:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T13:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/?p=67"},"modified":"2023-12-28T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T00:09:09","slug":"law-of-return-jewish-immigration-to-israel-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/index.php\/2018\/03\/09\/law-of-return-jewish-immigration-to-israel-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Law of Return: Jewish Immigration to Israel Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"67\" class=\"elementor elementor-67\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-318149a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"318149a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30249446 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"30249446\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e37292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31e37292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Law of Return is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews the right to come and live in Israel and to gain Israeli citizenship. Section 1 of the Law of Return declares: &#8220;every Jew has the right to come to this country as an oleh [immigrant].&#8221;\u00a0<a class=\"ruhjFe NJLBac fl\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_of_Return\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjy_sWuvKTuAhX7HzQIHZ9DDiUQmhMwHHoECCkQAg\">Wikipedia<\/a> and become an Israeli citizen. For the purposes of this\u00a0<b>Law<\/b>, &#8220;Jew&#8221; means a person who was born of a Jewish mother, or has converted to Judaism and is not a member of another religion.<\/p><p>You can apply for\u00a0<b>citizenship<\/b>\u00a0based on section 4A of the\u00a0<b>Law of Return<\/b>\u00a0if you meet all the following conditions. You: are family members of someone recognized as Jewish who entered\u00a0<b>Israel<\/b>\u00a0before 19 March 1970 and received a permanent residence permit. not registered as &#8220;Jewish&#8221; in the Population Registry.<\/p><p>You are also <b>eligible<\/b>\u00a0for a\u00a0<b>Birthright Israel<\/b>\u00a0trip if you are: (1) between the ages of 18-32, (2) of Jewish descent, and (3) have at least one Jewish parent (or you converted to Judaism).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/israel-s-law-of-return\">Find more information at the Jewish Virtual Library.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Law of Return is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews the right to come and live in Israel and to gain Israeli citizenship. 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