As 2025 comes to a close, over 4,100 North American Olim arrived in Israel this year with the support of @NefeshBNefesh, in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration (@KlitaGov), The @JewishAgency for Israel, @KKL_JNF and @JNFUSA.
This is the highest annual figure in the past four years, representing an increase of over 12% compared to last year.
In total 4,150 individuals from North America made Aliyah in 2025, the highest figure since 2021. This marks an increase of more than 12% compared to last year, when the number of immigrants stood at 3,706.
Mazal tov to all of our New Olim! Here's to many more in 2026 🇮🇱🎉
“The attainment of civic equality for individuals generally depends on them being members of ethnonational states. When the political structure of a state is highly incongruent with its ethnic makeup is is far more likely to break down into dysfunction.”
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LACE UP BALTIMORE #UnityClinic:
What: Unity Basketball Clinic to help unite the Baltimore African American & Jewish Communities
When: Sunday December 4th at 8:00am Park Heights JCC
* Thank you to all the incredible people who have helped make this happen ❤️
EconTalk meet up in Tel Aviv, December 6 at Start Up Nation Central. I’ll talk about my new book, Shalem College and all things EconTalk. RSVP required, see flyer for details:
NBA G League tweet about Ryan Turell attempting to become the first Orthodox Jew in the NBA. Here are the first ten replies, in order, as they appeared when I clicked on the tweet today (tweet itself from last week). Have a nice day:
Working on the @nefeshbnefesh social media team since April curating, editing, and helping Olim share their stories of Aliyah on a daily basis, you’d think that writing up one of these for my own (1st) Aliyahversary would come easy.
(thread reflecting on last year)
A beautiful Havdalah with hundreds of participants and alumni of Kol Ami Mechinot, a Jewish Agency post-high school service learning program that brings together Israelis and Jewish young adults from around the world so they can learn and work together.
Chatima Tova! 🙏🏼
28 short pieces of life advice:
1. Block off 90 minutes in your calendar every morning to work on the most important thing. Wake up early if you need to. Don’t compromise.
A diver swimming off HaCarmal coast in Haifa, has discovered a crusader sword dating from 900 years ago. Diver was about 150m off the coast in 5m deep water when he made discovery. The 4ft long sword was covered in shells and other remnants of sea life.
#archaeohistories
Seven outstanding Olim from English-speaking countries have been awarded the 2022 Sylvan Adams @NefeshBNefesh Bonei Zion Prize recognizing Anglos who have made a major contribution to the State of Israel.