01/06/2026
MedEx NJ just made history. 🇺🇸🩺 🇮🇱
350 medical professionals from across North America showed up - the largest MedEx conference ever. About half were physicians, with a big jump in specialists this year. Top specialties included internal medicine, pediatrics, anesthesiology, family medicine, cardiology, neurology, and surgery - plus psychology, psychiatry, nursing, dentistry, social work, speech therapy, and more.
132+ attendees submitted applications to convert their medical licenses through the Ministry of Health Israel - meaning a lot of doctors are serious about making Aliyah very soon.
And for the first time ever, the YAEL Hebrew proficiency exam was offered on-site in partnership with the National Institute for Testing & Evaluation (NITE). Starting in 2027, Israel's Ministry of Health may require doctors to demonstrate intermediate Hebrew proficiency as part of the licensing process and the YAEL exam is one recognized way to meet that standard.
📸 Nir Arieli
Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, משרד הבריאות משרד הנגב, הגליל והחוסן הלאומי , The Jewish Agency for Israel