Stories from the Field
Stories of Jewish people we’ve helped make aliyah (emigrate to Israel).
Tetyana and Volodymyr P from Sumy
Tetyana and Volodymyr P from Sumy We want to live close to our children and grandchildren. Even if new difficulties and challenges lie ahead, facing them together is so much easier! Our children left for Israel long ago, but we only started thinking about repatriating...
Semyon and Tatyana Zh from Irkutsk
Semyon and Tatyana Zh from Irkutsk Making aliyah for us is primarily an opportunity to reunite with our son and other close relatives, including a cousin and nephews, who had previously moved to the Holy Land. We've long dreamed of living close to our children, and...
Ionathan H from Rio de Janiero
“Aliyah: Building a Life with Hope and Courage” My name is IONATHAN H. I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. For some time now, I have had the dream of making Aliyah and, in Israel, fulfilling dreams that here would be impossible—or at least much more...
Jonathan and Deborah M from Strasbourg
Jonathan and Deborah M from Strasbourg We received a love for Israel from our parents from childhood. For 21 years, we had been planning to make Aliyah. We made several plans that we hadn't yet fulfilled. Four of our children immigrated after high school through Massa...
Aleksandr and Yulia from Minsk
Aleksandr and Yulia from Minsk Aliyah for us means a return to the land of our ancestors, a chance to connect with the history of our people. We wanted our children - Arina and Valeria - to grow up not with anxiety, but with confidence in the future—in a country...
Fabian C from Buenos Aires
“Aliyah: Following Family, Embracing the Future” Hello, my name is Fabian C, and I want to share a bit about my Aliyah journey: For me, making Aliyah is a unique opportunity—a fresh start in my life. It means being close to all my family in Israel, a place where I...
Lili and Mikhail J from Tbilisi
Aliyah is like a call in our hearts that we should join Israel and that holy place. For several years we have been watching how our family members and relatives were leaving and making Aliyah. Moreover, we were helping them to do that…and you know, time has flown by...
Stanislav and Evheniya B from Kyiv
Stanislav and Evheniya B from Kyiv We are tired of living in the conditions of war in Ukraine, full of insecurity and uncertainty. Our children live in Israel. We are going to be with them. We need to calm down emotionally and get qualified medical care. Our children...
Renata Y from Shakhtinsk, Kazakhstan
Renata Y from Shakhtinsk, Kazakhstan Making Aliyah for me is a family reunion! Reuniting with aunts, uncles, and cousins opens up new opportunities for emotional support, strengthening family ties, sharing experiences, and creating memories. It is a chance for...