NEW YORK (VINnews) — Nefesh B’Nefesh, the veteran Jewish organization which has been encouraging aliya from western countries and the USA, reported unprecedented interest in options for aliya during the month of June. In the wake of the coronavirus, numerous people called the organization, which in a normal month receives several hundred to a few thousand calls. Many of those calling wanted to open aliya application procedures.
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40 US Jews arrived in Israel Wednesday. In accordance with health regulations, they will spend two weeks in quarantine and then will be able to enter their new homes in Israel. Absorption Minister Penina Tamno-Shata told Arutz Sheva that “I am happy to welcome the arrival of new immigrants from America. They join the more than 7000 Jews who have immigrated to Israel in the past few months. Despite the challenges facing us due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state of Israel will always remain open to aliya at all times, whether during crisis periods or normal times. There is a significant rise in the level of interest, number of aliya applications and initiated procedures and at present the ministry of immigration and absorption which I head is preparing a broad national program for the large waves of aliya expected in the coming years.”
The director and founder of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, added that “in the past few months we have seen a tremendous leap in the number of calls to the Nefesh B’Nefesh hotline. The coronavirus crisis is not abating and thousands continue to express interest in immigrating to Israel. It is our duty to translate the interest of thousands into the immigration of thousands. Nefesh B’Nefesh is here to assist them together with all the national and governmental bodies.”
Nebach these naive Yidden thinking they will be in a better place in the so called Jewish land.
Lets hope and pray they stay safe. Because many of them end up living in the dangerous territories where many many Yidden were Nebcah slaughtered by blood thirsty Palestinians.
They got so many calls because of black lives matter and all the riots burning their cities. America doesn’t feel safe. It’s not because of the caronavirus. Otherwise they would have gotten 25k calls every month since February.
Your comments are mamesh the words of the Gedoilei Hador in the time of Moshe Rabeinu… in those days the Torah called this manhigim …. “meraglim”
BLM is more of a threat to US Jews and both candidates are clueless so a lot of Americans don’t see a bright future ahead
Boroch you mean just like on BP or Williamsburg OR UNFORTUNATELY ANYWHERE ELSE “WE” live?????
Beware meraglim:
This situation is real.
You stay behind , Zion haters.
Apply now folks, it takes months to complete paperwork.
Do NOT pay attention to the erev rav who caused much damage. Also, remember that the meraglim were gedolim.
Learn from the Meraglim story.
Millions listened to their foul hate message.
Don’t listen to today’s version of same.
Meraglim redux.
Just about this time 3,000 years ago there were just about near upper Gallilee, plotting , pulling out svoros, using the Torah and pilpul to hatch their evil plot.
Remember. Don’t let them do it to us again.
I just want to direct all BLM protests to kiryas joel the HQ for the neturei karta
Comparison to Meraglim may be in place here, though on the Aliyeh promoters, not the ‘naysayers’. The Meraglim countered Hashems plan of bringing klal yisroel into EY, the Zionists are also countering Hashems plan of the Jews being His holy nation, as well as Hashems plan of Exile for the Jews. It’s not a comparison though, the Zionists are a million times worse. They stole millions of souls from Hashem and His people. They uprooted Torah on a global scale for for more than a century, and they continue to do so to this day in the”Jewish state”. It’s sad that some chareidim fell for the lure of sovereignty. That will be when Moshiach comes, soon. Time to wake up.