EL AL will assist more than 800 North American and British immigrants move to Israel in the coming week as part of a six-day global “Aliyah” (immigration to Israel) campaign by Nefesh B’Nefesh. The first of four special EL AL flights to take off in one week carried 248 North Americans immigrating to Israel and departed from JFK.

Next week, three additional flights from the U.S., Canada and UK will depart Tuesday, August 15 and land simultaneously in Israel (on Wednesday, August 16th), resulting in record setting Western immigration in Israel’s history.

A total of seven EL AL flights this summer will bring more than 3,000 North American and British immigrants (in Hebrew, “Olim”) to Israel (five flights from JFK, one from Toronto and one from London) through The Nefesh B’Nefesh Organization, which removes or minimizes the financial, professional, logistical and social obstacles of “Aliyah”. Nefesh B’Nefesh works in close cooperation with the Jewish Agency for Israel.