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Bonei Zion Prize honors Olim rebuilding Israel after the war as North American Aliyah hits records

From Gaza-border farms to Israel's top labs, this year's Bonei Zion Prize honorees show what Anglo Olim bring to a recovering Israel, just as North American Aliyah hits record highs.

The 12th annual Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize recipients. Top row, from left: Danielle Abraham, Dr. Philip Klipstein, Naomi Stuchiner and Ami Baran. Bottom row, from left: Rabbanit Chana Henkin, Amb. Ron Dermer, Prof. Marta Weinstock-Rosin and
Visitors at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People, in Tel Aviv, on January 19, 2025.

ANU marks Aliyah Day with a tribute to Jewish dining, memories, traditions

Attendees arrive at a NBN's aliyah advisors.

Beyond the Big Hubs: Aliyah Interest Takes Root Across America

Family making aliyah to Israel, September 14, 2026.

Moving stories, worrying numbers: Behind the wave of immigration from North America


Israel needs to stop losing its people and start giving them reasons to stay - opinion

The exodus includes people who came as immigrants with hopes and dreams of contributing to Israeli society. Those hopes were dashed, and they went back to the countries from which they came.

More attention must be paid to people who want to leave Israel, and more must be done to help them change their minds and decide to stay, says the writer.

Israel preparing for new wave of Jewish immigration, Aliyah Ministry director-general says

According to Aliyah and Integration Ministry Director-General Dganit Sankar-Langa, Israel is expected to receive between 18,000 and 20,000 immigrants in 2026.

Around 150 new olim arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport on August 27, 2026.

No. 31: Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart: Turning aliyah into a force for strengthening Israel

Nefesh B’Nefesh founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart have helped turn aliyah into a force for strengthening Israel

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

New school, new home: Young olim begin the school year in Israel

From learning Hebrew to making new friends, five young olim share the excitement and nerves of finding their place in an Israeli classroom.

New olim at Ben Gurion Airport greeting first graders

Israel must fight harder to keep its doctors in the country - editorial

Israel needs doctors. There are Jewish doctors around the world who may want to make Israel their home. Connecting the two is vital for a country that prides itself on solving difficult problems.

Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020.

Israel can - and should - save assimilated Jews - opinion

Israel must embrace every Jew, including the unaffiliated and intermarried, to help ensure the future of world Jewry.

 There is less holding a second marriage together (Illustrative photo of a wedding).

Your Investments: What new olim can teach us about gratitude and entitlement

Say thank you when you receive good fortune and realize that there are no entitlements in life.

Ben-Gurion Airport, May 17, 2026

North American aliyah hits record month as over 1,100 olim arrive, with 4,000 expected in 2026

“It’s record-breaking for us,” Nefesh B’Nefesh’s Vice President of Diaspora Partnerships, Marc Rosenberg, said.

Around 150 new olim arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport on August 27, 2026.

North American aliyah wave continues as 2,200 immigrants set to arrive this summer

The immigrants are part of an unprecedented wave of aliyah taking place during the summer months, from June through September.

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. The number of aliyah files opened by individuals and families expressing interest in future immigration has surged dramatically.

'Time to come home': Seven families from New York's Persian Jewish community make aliyah together

“We’re running on fumes, but exhilarated,” Jordan, one of the new olim (immigrants) and a father of six girls, told The Jerusalem Post at the airport.

New immigrants from Great Neck New York's Persian Jewish community arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. August 11, 2026.