Stories from the Field
Stories of Jewish people we’ve helped make aliyah (emigrate to Israel).
Jacob and Edilamar S from Belem, North Brazil
“My name is Jacob from the city of Belem in the North of Brazil. My family (wife Edilamar and son Iago) had a strong desire to live in Israel. We have a dream of living in peace, with security and dignity, and we know that Israel offers us good conditions as...
Natalya and Dmitri M from Tbilisi, Georgia
Natalya tells the young couple’s story:“My husband and I are a couple who love a challenge! We want to change our life. We have overcome a lot of stress and want to have a better life for our family. My grandmother always told me that Israel is our land. This...
Vladimir and Alla K from Kiev
Vladimir tells the couple’s story: “For me, making Aliyah is the only hope to live longer as I am now suffering from an incurable disease. There is hope that in Israel, where the medicine and doctors are more advanced, they can help me. Sometimes they do...
Irina and Sergei M from Stefanova, Bulgaria
Irina and Sergei made Aliyah along with their daughter Eva. Eva has a number of serious health issues and the family are hoping for better health care in Israel. Volunteers from a local church brought the family from their village of Stefanova to the...
Olga S from Kiev
This is my dream – to live in Israel – and now it’s coming true!“It is difficult when your daughter and grandchildren are so far away – but I always believed that we could be together. My own mother was left an orphan when she was 12 years old. The Nazis...
Sofia and Andrei G from Ufa
Andrei and Sofia are both teachers from Ufa, Russia and they are very excited to be re-united with relatives who are already living in Israel. In fact, they will even live with them for a while. Although it is difficult for the couple to part their friends and their...
Lev and Tatyana B from Gzhizak, Uzbekistan
We got to know this family several years ago when we helped their children make Aliyah. Now it is the time for the parents to make their Aliyah. Their health has become very weak and they decided to go to their children who have now settled in Israel. When we met...
Aleksandr and Irina B from Kiev
Aleksandr and Irina made Aliyah with their two children, daughter Anna and son, Artem. Aleksandr tells their story. “My wife and I both worked in low paid organizations. I am an ambulance driver and my wife works in Social Services, dealing with children and young...
Simentob L from Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
“I’m like the last Mohicans here in my city!! As a pure Jewish man, I want to be in my Holy Land and to die there! I know that Israel in the promised land – and that promise is part of me. I know that I can give a brighter future to my family and my son. I have done...