Nefesh BNefesh | The Jewish Star

Hundreds of gap-year students in Israel attended the fifth annual Israel Fair in Jerusalem.

Gap year students eye their futures in Israel

Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh, hosted its fifth annual Israel Fair on Saturday night in the center of Jerusalem. The fair is designed to help young potential olim who … more

1/10/19

The Charnoff family of Flushing (from left) Moshe Chaim, 5 months; Laura; Aharon, 2; Rabbi Robby; and Aliza, 6.

Flight 59: ‘It’s time to go!’: LIers among 239 on latest NBN run

Long Islanders were among 239 North Americans who boarded Nefesh B’Nefesh’s 59th aliyah charter flight at JFK airport on Tuesday. “If we don’t go now, … more

By Ed Weintrob | 8/16/18

From Kew Gardens Hills, Hanna and Shamshy Schlager and their children — Azarya, 3, and Adella, 5 — ready to board Tuesday’s aliyah flight.

We’re going home!

Not only didn’t the recent troubles along Israel’s borders stop any of the 232 North Americans who planned to make aliyah on Tuesday’s Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, but … more

By Ed Weintrob | 7/25/18

Flags fly as NY celebrates Israel: Marcher from UJA Federation New York shows her blue-and-white.

Sunday was picture perfect as Israel’s friends happily paraded up Fifth Ave

The Jewish Star covered it all! Photos by Christina Daly The Jewish Star covers the big 70th anniversary parade on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue • 55 photos of marchers from Long … more

The Jewish Star | 6/8/18

Potential olim crowd a Nefesh B'Nefesh event in NYC

Nearly 1,500 prospective immigrants to Israel attended a mega-event on Sunday to learn about what it takes to make aliyah. The Nefesh B’Nefesh Mega Aliyah Fair, at John Jay College in … more

JTA | 3/14/18

Rena Safer, 80, and husband Fred, 82, made aliyah last July. On arrival, the Hadassah activist from Wisconsin told reporters at Ben Gurion Airport that she was born in British mandate Palestine and left when she was 6 months old — but she’s been back often (“I stopped counting at 30”).

When making aliyah is a senior moment

For some retirees, it can come down to choosing to spend their golden years overlooking the Mediterranean instead of a golf course in Boca Raton. For others, it’s a matter of following the … more

By Deborah Fineblum, JNS | 1/24/18

From left: Brothers Adam, Eitan and Yered Stufflebeam, who have all served as IDF lone soldiers.

Lone soldier experience as a family affair

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 … more

By Deborah Fineblum, JNS | 1/10/18

Some of the 93 olim who rode Nefesh B’Nefesh’s 19th aliyah flight of 2017, at Ben Gurion Airport with Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, co-founder and executive director of NBN (in white shirt), on Dec. 27.

NBN flight reflects new turn for olim

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, … more

By Larry Luxner, for NBN | 1/10/18

An Israeli family views Ayit Falls near the town of Katzrin on the Golan Heights.

Go Beyond! Alternatives to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

Many Jews who move to Israel only have eyes for Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. Whether it’s Tel Aviv’s wealth of startups, sunny beaches and culture, or Jerusalem’s … more

By Andrew Tobin, JTA | 12/13/17

‘Go Beyond’ push launched by Nefesh B'Nefesh

Nefesh B’Nefesh (NBN) and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL) this week launched “Go Beyond” in a fresh push to develop Israel’s periphery by directing new olim toward opportunities … more

11/8/17