Nefesh B'Nefesh brings 3,900 North American olim to Israel

Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF-USA, is projected to have welcomed to Israel 3,900 individuals in 2022. Some two hundred newcomers are expected to make Aliyah this week alone via group Aliyah flights as well as through the organization’s dedicated “Guided Aliyah” track from within Israel, bringing the year to a wonderful close for Aliyah.

Among the newcomers who arrived with the aid of Nefesh B’Nefesh are 1,424 families, 907 children, 981 single men and women, and 697 retirees. The average age of Olim over the last year is 34 years old, with the oldest being 101 and the youngest a 3-month-old baby.

The Olim who arrived in Israel in 2022 hold a variety of occupations, the most prominent of which are in the fields of medicine (some 97 physicians made Aliyah in 2022), law, nursing, education, and finance. In addition, 214 young individuals who made Aliyah in 2022 will serve as lone soldiers in the IDF as part of the FIDF-Nefesh B’Nefesh Lone Soldiers Program or lone national service volunteers with the “Ori” Program. READ MORE