NEW JERSEY, March 10, 2024 — After eight successful years of expediting licensing and placements for thousands of North American healthcare professionals interested in making Aliyah, Nefesh B’Nefesh is expanding its medical initiative to Jewish communities around the world. After the annual US MedEx event on March 10th, Nefesh B’Nefesh will hold its first European MedEx in Paris, France on March 31, 2024, as part of the organization’s newly founded International Medical Aliyah Program (IMAP).

Nefesh B’Nefesh signed a multi-year agreement with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and Ministry of Health, to create an international program to streamline the immigration process for medical professionals, ensuring their ability to integrate into Israel’s medical workforce upon arrival in Israel. The objective of the program is to facilitate the Aliyah of 2,000 physicians over the course of the next five years. The International Medical Aliyah Program offers medical professionals an all-encompassing array of resources, services, and personal consultations and will now be offered around the world in various locations.

This first-of-its-kind program has been made possible thanks in part to the generous sponsorship of The Marcus Foundation, an organization committed to making a difference in the lives of countless individuals and communities, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA-UIA), and The Jewish Agency for Israel.