The First International Jewish Bloggers Convention took place in Jerusalem, Israel. About 200 bloggers attended the event, and 1,200 more watched the live broadcast. The convention was organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh. While all blogs represented at the conference dealt in some way or another with life in Israel, the spectrum ranged from immigration through carrying [...]

235 new immigrants (עולים חדשים) landed in Ben Gurion airport, Israel, on August 13th.
The Jewish immigrants made aliyah (עליה) from North America to Israel. These “Olim Xadashim” came to Israel thanks to the cooperation of “Jewish Agency for Israel” (הסוכנות היהודית) and “NBN” - “Nefesh B’Nefesh” (נפש בנפש). It’s very exciting when new Olim come [...]