Aliyah Advertorial Section

Making Aliyah as a student has always come with many advantages, including the opportunity to acclimate to Israeli culture at a young age, study in an Israeli university and build up a network of friends and professional contacts, all of which can help boost a future career upon graduating and joining the Israeli work force. One of the greatest benefits currently offered to new immigrants is tuition assistance from the Student Authority.

The wave of Anglo immigration to the Jewish State during the past decade has played a key role in changing the demographic complexities of towns and cities across Israel, as well as improving the bottom lines of more than a few private and public building companies.

When venerable Florida entrepreneur cum Jewish philanthropist, Tony Gelbart and young Yeshiva University rabbinical graduate, Joshua (Yehoshua) Fass, decided to create Nefesh B'Nefesh (NBN) in 2002, they had no idea if their non-profit start-up, designed to actively enable American aliyah to Israel sans the Israeli bureaucratic boondoggle, would actually attract substantial interest. What they did know, was that aliyah from the USA was rapidly drying up and a daring initiative was desperately needed to trigger a new wave.