50% Increase in Jews Worldwide Looking to Immigrate Home to Israel

David Sidman : May 5, 2020
Breaking Israel News

"First of all, Israel's image, Israel's decision-making process throughout the crisis is impressive, and has impressed many people..." -Yitzhak Herzog, chairman of the Jewish Agency

[Breaking Israel News] The amount of Jews from the US and Canada that filed applications to immigrate to Israel during April increased by 50% compared with the same month last year according to Nefesh B'Nefesh. (Image credit: Shahar Azran-Israel National News)

That increase remained stable during the first four days of May as well as the amount of people downloading Aliyah application forms, stated Nefesh B'Nefesh, who organizes Aliyah (going up to Israel) flights from North America.

The increase in the amount of people looking to move to Israel could be in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit the US much harder than Israel, especially in places like New York and New Jersey, who both boast large Jewish populations. The percentage of applications from those two states compared with the rest of the country increased from 46.5% of all applications in 2019 to 50% in 2020... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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