JAFI, Nefesh B'Nefesh to Work Together
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The Jewish Agency has agreed
to an official collaboration
on North American aliyah
with Nefesh B'Nefesh.
The organizations announced that under an agreement signed a
week ago, Nefesh B'Nefesh will have primary
responsibility for marketing and promotion, while the Jewish Agency
will remain responsible for determining aliyah eligibility with other
authorities in Israel, and will also pay the airfare for each new
émigré.
The organizations have been in competition with each other for several years.
Future olim from the United States and Canada can apply for both
Nefesh B'Nefesh services and the Jewish Agency aliyah eligibility
process using one application through Nefesh B'Nefesh.
The Jewish Agency will
continue to maintain aliyah emissaries in North America, but it will be
able to curtail the scope of this function in the future.
