Nefesh B'Nefesh

North American aliyah hits record month as over 1,100 olim arrive, with 4,000 expected in 2026

“It’s record-breaking for us,” Nefesh B’Nefesh’s Vice President of Diaspora Partnerships, Marc Rosenberg, said.

Around 150 new olim arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport on August 27, 2026.
NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. The number of aliyah files opened by individuals and families expressing interest in future immigration has surged dramatically.

North American aliyah wave continues as 2,200 immigrants set to arrive this summer

New immigrants from Great Neck New York's Persian Jewish community arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. August 11, 2026.

'Time to come home': Seven families from New York's Persian Jewish community make aliyah together

The Douglas family, including Nefesh B'Nefesh's 100,000th olah, celebrate their immigration to Israel, August 2026.

Editor's Notes: Why won't Israel give its 100,000 olim a real political voice? -comment


First South American MedEx event for physicians planning aliyah held in Buenos Aires

Event held as part of new plan by Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Ministry of Health, and Nefesh B’Nefesh, together with The Jewish Agency, to expedite Aliyah for physicians worldwide.

 Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B'Nefesh, Avichai Kahana, Director General of the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Tony Gelbart, Co-Founder and Chairman of Nefesh B'Nefesh, and Shay Felber, Deputy Director General of the Jewish Agency, with participants.

Nefesh B’Nefesh and Jerusalem Municipality host inaugural two-day ‘Shuk Olim’

45 olim-owned businesses showcased and sold products to hundreds of attendees.

 “The Shuk Olim opens new opportunities for Olim, promotes their sales, and assists in their employment integration in the city," says Mayor Moshe Lion

A strengthening of Zionism: Some who plan to make Aliyah talk to 'Post'

"I have been seeing a strengthening of people’s Zionism since October 7. People are prouder than ever to be Zionists and looking to come to Israel and to help the Jewish homeland."

 SARAH AND Mike Brasky of Park Slope, Brooklyn, are racing against the clock to get everything done as the aliyah date for them and their two children nears. Here, the Brasky family is pictured on their vacation in Israel last summer.

After Oct. 7, we see shift in Aliyah interest, a unified front to welcome Olim - Nefesh B’Nefesh

Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, to speak at Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York on June 3.

  Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference 2023.

After Oct. 7, we see shift in Aliyah interest, a unified front to welcome Olim - Nefesh B’Nefesh

Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, is to speak at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York on June 3.

 Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference 2023.

'These young people making aliyah are not alone': Young olim explore IDF opportunities

"I salute and thank the young Olim who will soon become soldiers and serve in the IDF,” said Minister of Aliyah and Integration, MK Ofir Sofer. 

Pictured left to right, Yaron Shavit, Deputy Chair of The Jewish Agency for Israel, Minister of Aliyah and Integration, MK Ofir Sofer, and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh

Nefesh B’Nefesh and FIDF host inaugural lone soldiers driver’s license conversion day

The event was attended by 1000 Lone Soldiers as well as National Service Volunteers, expediting the conversion of their foreign driver’s licenses in one day

 nbn lsp license conversion day may 2024

Can immigration solve Israel's doctor shortage?

Regulation change and anticipated retirement of doctors who immigrated from the Soviet Union are contributing factors to Israel's doctor shortage. A new program seeks to alleviate it.

 The program is part of a national effort to alleviate the Israeli doctor shortage. (Illustrative).

Nefesh B’Nefesh inaugurates int. medical Aliyah program to solve Israel’s shortage of physicians

This will include expediting medical license processing and license conversions and documentation. Additionally, the program will connect doctors with Israeli medical professionals.

 Nefesh B'Nefesh Co-Founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart; Ofir Sofer, Minister of Aliya and Integration; Avichai Kahana, Director General of the Aliyah Ministry and Integration; and MK Yonatan Mashriki, Knesset Health Committee Chairman with medical professionals at the event.

Jerusalem academic institutions host student olim from around the world at Higher Education Fair

Some 500 young Olim attended an open house fair at Nefesh B’Nefesh’s campus in Jerusalem, where they explored the many academic opportunities available in the city.

  Left to right:, Miri Cohen-Adelstein, Director of the Student Authority of the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration , Shifra Kirshenbaum, Director of the Jerusalem and Southern District Office of the Ministry of Aliyah And Integration, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh