Medical personnel, IDF recruits land in Israel on Nefesh flight

(JNS) — Revital Gorodeski Baskin and her husband, Joseph Baskin, both doctors from Cleveland, landed in Israel on a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah charter flight on Aug. 20. They are moving to Zichron Ya’akov, in the Haifa district in northern Israel, with three teenage children (their fourth is studying at a college in the United States) and their dog.

“Making aliyah has been our lifelong dream, and the war [against Hamas in Gaza] was an encouraging factor as we want to contribute our expertise in this time of need,” Revital told JNS. “We’ve also encountered antisemitism, and our kids are enter...