Nefesh B'Nefesh

96-year-old Holocaust survivor completes Aliyah in Tel Aviv

Charlotte Roth makes Aliyah, surrounded by five generations of descendants

96-year-old Holocaust survivor Charlotte Roth formally completed her Aliyah
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar speaks during a stakeout before attending a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., August 5, 2025.

As antisemitism surges worldwide, Israel is calling Diaspora Jews to 'come home' - but will they?

 RABBI JOE and the JLIC TLV community members bring an ice cream truck to evacuees in Tel Aviv hotels.

Emergence of a new Anglo demographic in Israel requires a change of priorities - opinion

WORKING OUT of the Talpaz Ceramic Studio in the Saltiel Community Center, in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. She gives classes there as well.

Francine Bork Strausberg: Living a perfectly imperfect life in Israel


UK-born oleh now guides thousands in moving to Israel

UK-born Dov Newmark, now living in Modi'in, has helped guide more than 6,000 people on their journey home to Israel, a country where they can live out their Zionist dreams.

 FRIENDLY FACE, helping hand.

Nefesh B’Nefesh Holds ‘Homecoming Barbecue’ for Summer Olim with Minister of Aliyah and Integration

Olim from the Tri-state area attend farewell event in preparation for their upcoming Aliyah in the summer of 2023

 (from left to right) Executive Vice President of NBN Zev Gershinsky; Co-Founder and Executive Director of NBN Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Minister Rabbi Yoav Ben-Tzur, MK Ofir Sofer, Director-General Avichai Kahana

Nefesh B’Nefesh head to discuss challenges of aliyah

Participants in the panel, entitled “Decades of Aliyah – Challenges & Opportunities,” will also include Laura Ben-David, who made aliyah with the first Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight in 2002.

 Tony Gelbart (left) and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass (right) with President Isaac Herzog at the opening of the Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Campus in Jerusalem on November 15, 2021.

Jerusalem is the leading destination for North American aliyah to Israel

In total, since the organization's establishment in 2002, over 20,000 new olim have immigrated to Jerusalem with the assistance of NBN.

 Dina & Barry Kornblau with their family after making Aliyah to Jerusalem just in time for Yom Yerushalayim.

Giving Olim a Home Away from Home

Nefesh B’Nefesh's opening of the new Aliyah Campus has provided Jerusalem with an expansive event space which educates and advocates for the Aliyah experience by putting community in the center.

 Tony Gelbart and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass Co-Founders of Nefesh B'Nefesh

Making aliyah: Can you find success, work-life balance in Israel?

At an event in New Jersey for medical professionals considering aliyah, Dr. Elissa Freedman presents a realistic take on life for women in Israel.

 (Standing, fourth from left) Neta Katz Epstein; MK Michael Biton; Dr. Sefi Mendelovich; Rabbi Yehoshua Fass; Yitzhak Wasserlauf; Tony Gelbart; Avichai Kahana, surrounded by medical professionals at MedEx.

Over 600 Lone Soldiers and Bnot Sherut Celebrate Israel’s 75th at Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Campus

Event initiated by FIDF-Nefesh B’Nefesh Lone Soldiers Program and Nefesh B’Nefesh Ori program for Lone Bnot Sherut, together with the Michael Levin base.

 Lone soldiers at Independence Day celebration at Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Campus in Jerusalem

Jerusalem highlights April 14-20

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 WEIGHTY ROLE: Brendan Fraser.

Nefesh B’Nefesh hosts ‘MedEx’ for medical professionals planning aliyah

The two-day conference held in Teaneck, NJ, served as a one-stop shop for those in the healthcare industry.

(L-R) Neta Katz Epstein, MK Michael Biton; Dr. Sefi Mendelovich, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Yitzhak Wasserlauf, Tony Gelbart, Avichai Kahana

Nefesh B’Nefesh to hold ‘MedEx’ event to streamline Aliyah logistics for medical professionals

Nefesh B’Nefesh MedEx event will enable medical professionals to take major steps towards transferring their medical licenses before making Aliyah - in person and in one location.

 Nefesh B’Nefesh past MedEx event