ICEJ ALIYAH-2025 REVIEW
Bringing Jews Home in 2025
Bringing Jews Home in 2025
The year 2025 will be remembered as a turning point in modern Jewish history and the modern return of the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland. As we close this chapter and look toward 2026, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem stands at the center of what can only be described as a divine appointment—helping fulfill the ancient prophecies of Israel's restoration.
ICEJ sponsored more than 3,000 Jews returning from Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, and the Former Soviet Union—not as refugees fleeing immediate danger, but as families making calculated decisions about their future. Behind each number stands a grandmother leaving her childhood home, a teenager saying goodbye to lifelong friends, parents wondering if they are making the right choice for their children. These are people choosing courage over comfort, faith over fear.
Our calling is clear: "For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest" (Isaiah 62:1). The ICEJ's Aliyah work rests firmly on Scripture's unmistakable mandate. God promised Abraham, "I will bless those who bless you" (Genesis 12:3).
The prophets spoke repeatedly of a great ingathering: "I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west" (Isaiah 43:5). Isaiah 49:22 declares, "I will beckon to the nations... they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their hips."
The pattern was established during the Exodus, when Egyptians provided silver, gold, and clothing to departing Israelites (Exodus 3:21-22). Isaiah 60:9 later promised: "The ships of Tarshish will bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold." When we sponsor flights and support integration programs, we participate in prophecy becoming reality.
Throughout spring and summer 2025, ICEJ facilitated multiple flights bringing French Jewish families home. France's Jewish community, once the largest in Europe, faces escalating antisemitism that has made daily life increasingly dangerous. After the Iran war ended, many French Jews who had delayed their plans decided the moment had arrived.
ICEJ supported pre-aliyah assistance through major financial support, recognizing that these families were not simply relocating—they were answering a call that echoes through millennia. ICEJ ramped up efforts across France and Germany, establishing networks to help families navigate uprooting their lives.
The French Aliyah represents more than a response to hostility; it shows growing awareness among Western Jews that Israel, despite its challenges, offers something irreplaceable: the freedom to live openly as Jews in the land promised to their forefathers.
August 2025 witnessed the largest Aliyah flight of British Jews in fifteen years, sponsored by ICEJ. Rising antisemitism across the United Kingdom created an environment where Jewish families no longer felt secure. What was once home became a place of fear and uncertainty.
British Jewish families pulled children from schools, sold homes, and started over in a nation still recovering from conflict. The calculus was clear: better to build futures in Israel than endure escalating hostility. Yet from darkness came determination—families chose to build futures in Israel rather than endure increasing hostility.
This represents a historical shift. Jews in stable Western democracies are reaching the same conclusion their grandparents reached in the 1930s: prosperity and legal equality don't guarantee security or belonging. The August flight marked not an ending but a beginning, as more British families inquire about making this life-changing move.
The prophetic "land of the north" continues sending its scattered children home. Jews from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltic states—particularly Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—made Aliyah throughout 2025 with ICEJ support.
Our decades of work with Soviet Jewry prepared us for this moment. The infrastructure we built and relationships we developed now serve a new generation making the same journey their parents and grandparents made decades earlier. Youth efforts expanded from the Baltics to France.
Successful Aliyah doesn't end when families step off the plane—it begins there. New immigrants face major challenges: learning Hebrew, finding employment, understanding Israeli culture, building social networks.
ICEJ expanded integration programs throughout 2025, particularly workforce development initiatives. Our programs help new arrivals with language, employment, and cultural adjustment.
At-risk youth needed special attention. Teenagers struggling with identity, language barriers, and cultural adjustment face challenges that can derail futures. ICEJ supports targeted programs offering hope and practical support during their most vulnerable transitions.
The Naale program brought teenagers to complete their education in Israel. Our Hanukkah youth camps prepared young people for eventual Aliyah, creating connections and building confidence for life-changing decisions.
As 2025 closed, ICEJ prepared for a larger wave in 2026. Inquiries from Western Jewish communities increased dramatically, particularly from France, Britain, and Germany.
Antisemitism continues rising across Europe and North America. Infrastructure built in 2025—expanded partnerships, logistics networks, and integration programs—now stands ready to handle greater volume.
Youth who attended Aliyah camps are ready to move, bringing families with them. Families who made the journey are thriving, and their testimonies encourage others still deliberating.
This combination—success stories plus worsening conditions abroad—will drive 2026's surge.
"Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you."
Isaiah 60:10
Every family we assist represents another thread in the ongoing story of exile ending and return beginning. Behind statistics stand grandmothers leaving childhood homes, teenagers saying goodbye to lifelong friends, and parents making the hardest choices of their lives.
Isaiah 62:1 drives us forward: "For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest." Through ICEJ's work, Christians worldwide participate in this rebuilding.
ICEJ exists to stand with the Jewish people as they reclaim their inheritance and rebuild their nation. As long as Jews anywhere dream of coming home, our mission continues.