Tag: New Olim
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...
Group of 119 Ethiopian new immigrants land in Israel on Jerusalem Day
Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and the Jewish Agency for Israel just welcomed 119 Ethiopian immigrants who will begin their new life in Israel.
Upon their arrival on May 21, the new immigrants were...
Aliyah increases in midst of coronavirus pandemic
The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is currently supporting the Jewish Agency for Israel and Keren Hayesod with bringing an unexpected wave in aliyah amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It has already sponsored flights for 601 Jewish immigrants since...
Nefesh B’Nefesh announces Bonei Zion Prize recipients
The Nefesh B’Nefesh organization announced on Sunday that seven outstanding olim (immigrants to Israel) from English-speaking countries will be awarded the 2020 Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize, recognizing Anglos who have made a major contribution...
24 new olim to Israel arrive from US on group flight
Twenty-four people hailing from New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Thursday to start new lives in Israel through an aliyah flight and program organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh, in...
New immigrants to Israel jump right in … to a coronavirus quarantine
The first few weeks after making aliyah are typically a flurry of activity, with the newly minted Israeli dashing from government offices to banks to setting up utilities to schools to register the kids, not to...
Ukrainian ‘olim’ land in Israel on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
A total of 184 new immigrants (olim) making aliyah from Ukraine via the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews landed in Israel on six separate flights on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Many noted that anti-Semitism...
Nefesh B’Nefesh ‘Initiative for Zionist Innovation’ grant applications open
Together with the Steinmetz Herskovitz Family Fund, aliyah agency Nefesh B’Nefesh is seeking applications for its 2020 “Initiative for Zionist Innovation” grant, which aims to empower new immigrants to Israel committed to strengthening and building their...
Relocation fair offers details on Jewish communities in North America, Israel
Nearly 2,000 people attended the Orthodox Union’s Seventh International Jewish Community Home & Job Relocation Fair on Sunday, showcasing a record-breaking 63 communities from the United States and Israel at the Metropolitan Pavilion in...