Three Nefesh B'Nefesh (NBN) aliyah (immigration to Israel) flights are due this week to land at Ben Gurion airport, one on each of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Sunday's flight will carry North Americans via Canada, and the other two will leave from New York and from England.

NBN expects to bring to Israel more than 3,500 immigrants by the end of the year, a 25-year record high following a steady climb over the past five years.