from The Jerusalem Post: After 10 years, Nefesh B’Nefesh looks back, forward When NBN first appeared on the aliya scene in 2002, it was the ambitious new-kid-on-the-block, out to challenge the authority of the Jewish Agency and the Immigrant Absorption Ministry. Confident that it could do much better than the cumbersome system in place at the time, NBN immediately introduced many streamlining measures, both large and small. It helped cut red tape by bringing bureaucrats overseas to start citizenship procedures abroad. It also put newcomers in touch with employers and health insurance providers and its employees - the vast majority of whom are themselves immigrants – and helped organize countless social events to provide the new arrivals with a sense of community. “The … [Read more...]

The final 1,000 new immigrants for 2010, from 25 countries, will be landing in Israel in the next few days Over the next several days, olim flights - organized by the Jewish Agency - will be arriving at Ben Gurion airport. The new immigrants will be arriving from many countries including France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, South Africa, USA, Canada Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, el Salvador, Spain, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Australia, Germany, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Some of the flights and the reception of the new immigrants are organized in cooperation with “Nefesh B’Nefesh” and the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption. Immediately upon landing, the new immigrants will participate in the Jewish Agency’s … [Read more...]