For Chani Newman of Far Rockaway, making aliyah with her husband and children, the answer to the question, “Why now?” was obvious. “We’re Jewish!” she …
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By Ed Weintrob
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7/12/17
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As a group of well-wishers waved tiny Israeli flags and shouted “Welcome home,” Diane Hewitt of Hoboken, New Jersey, off the El Al jet that had just flown her to Tel Aviv from New York, …
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By Larry Luxner, for NBN
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1/10/18
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Unlike the 18-year-old in the next bunk, nobody is drafting or otherwise forcing the enlistment of the IDF’s American, French, British, Canadian, Swiss, South African, Australian, Peruvian and …
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By Deborah Fineblum, JNS
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1/10/18
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Nefesh B’Nefesh pitches Aliyah to the Yeshiva world
By Michael Orbach
Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769
Advertisements for several recent Nefesh B’Nefesh events didn’t actually …
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By Michael Orbach
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3/3/09
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“It seems like the right thing to do, especially now,” said Natasha Kaplan-Marans, of Lawrence, smiling beside her parents and sister as she prepared to embark from JFK on her enlistment to the IDF last week.
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By Malka Eisenberg
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8/20/14
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More than 1,500 potential olim attended New York's annual aliyah “mega event” on Sunday.
The day-long Nefesh B’Nefesh fair, at John Jay College on Mahattan’s West Side, addressed the range of opportunities and challenges …
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By Ed Weintrob
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2/27/17
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The first of Nefesh B’Nefesh’s two summer charter flights took 218 North American olim home to Israel on Monday, including at least two dozen from Long Island.
Together with nine group …
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By Ed Weintrob
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7/20/16
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Israel welcomed 104 olim from North America on Monday, as the Jewish state continues to loosen its barriers to international travel.
The gates were never really shut for those making aliyah, …
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4/28/21
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On Monday, August 13th, Chana Schwartz will be taking a simultaneous leap into history and into the future, joining with her family and almost 400 other Jews on a Nefesh B’Nefesh flight to become olim chadashim, new immigrants to Israel.
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By Malka Eisenberg
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8/9/12
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For some number Diaspora Jews, turning retirement dreams into reality also means realizing a lifelong dream of living in Israel.
More than 6,000 Jews from North America …
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By Renee Ghert-Zand, for Nefesh B’Nefesh
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1/29/20
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