Despite ongoing war, thousands of North Americans are immigrating to Israel, with a 76% increase in new immigration requests.
Thousands of new Jews from North America are expected to immigrate to Israel this summer, amid a significant rise in aliyah to the Jewish state since October 7th, despite the ongoing war with Hamas and violence on the Israeli-Lebanese border.
Two-thousand Olim, or new immigrants, are set to arrive on 14 summer Aliyah group flights from June through September, with 60 newcomers touching down at Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday morning.
The group flights have been organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh, in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, and JNF-USA