Tag: Nefesh B’Nefesh
Future lone soldiers arrive with Nefesh B’Nefesh during summer ‘aliyah’ peak
Twelve future lone soldiers were among new immigrants who landed this week on a Nefesh B’Nefesh Group Aliyah Flight, in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren...
Nefesh B’Nefesh launches new institute for aliyah and strategy
It’s been three years since Hanna and Shamshy Schlager traded their home in New York for a new one in Modi’in, Israel.
It’s been a good three years, they’ll tell you, a time of growth,...
Israel welcomes 104 new immigrants from North America
Israel welcomed 104 olim (new immigrants) from North America at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday. The group arrived on a specially chartered New York-Tel Aviv flight, facilitated by the organization Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with the...
North American olim join 3,000-plus others who arrived in Israel in 2020
The 41st and final Nefesh B’Nefesh group flight of 2020 landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Dec. 30 with 48 new immigrants joining the 3,168 individuals who made aliyah from North America in the last year—2,625...
90 North Americans arrive in Israel during Israeli National Immigration Week
Israel welcomed its 16,000th new immigrant of the year, Simcha Brodsky, who made aliyah with Nefesh B’Nefesh along with 90 other new olim arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday as Israel celebrates National Immigration Week, in...
Aliyah to Israel on the rise, despite COVID-19 and bureaucracy bottlenecks
Israel is seeing a spike in aliyah (immigration to Israel) this year, with a higher number of people interested in moving to the Jewish state compared to previous years. But with COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the...
Future lone soldiers land in Israel on two group flights
Two flights of new olim arrived in Israel this week—one on Monday and another on Tuesday—with 78 lone soldiers headed for service in the Israel Defense Forces. Another 42 individuals also came to make their homes...
Nefesh B’Nefesh lands center in Jerusalem for new olim to Israel
The Jerusalem Municipality and Nefesh B’Nefesh have just announced plans to build a full-service 2,200-square-meter Aliyah Center in the heart of the city.
A piece of land across from the Supreme Court building has officially...
Nefesh B’Nefesh signs deal with El Al for 14 ‘Group Aliyah Flights’
The NGO Nefesh B’Nefesh, which facilitates immigration to Israel from North America and the United Kingdom, announced that it had signed a contract with EL AL Airlines for 14 “Group Aliyah Flights” from New...
No time like a pandemic to make aliyah, say North American Jews
May saw the highest number of American and Canadian Jews requesting to make aliyah through the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization since it was founded in 2002, according to numbers obtained by Israel Hayom.
The figures indicate that the number...