Stories from the Field
Stories of Jewish people we’ve helped make aliyah (emigrate to Israel).
Pavel and Tatyana O from Bendery
Pavel and Tatyana made aliyah along with their children Dmitri and Anastasia. “The seasons come and go, and along with the approaching season our long-held dream of making aliyah is also approaching! No-one in our family, which is living in Moldova, has ever been to...
Antonio P from Porto Alegre, Brazil
“My name is Antonio, I´m from Porto Alegre, Brazil.” “To me, aliyah means returning to my home.” “I decided to make aliyah when I found out that I belonged to the people of Israel. I feel sad about leaving Brazil, but I hope to adapt myself to the new life reality of...
Antonella M from Manta in Ecuador
Antonella made aliyah with her daughter Santa Lucia and son, Jose. Antonella is originally from Venezuela, following her divorce, she decided that there are better opportunities in Israel for herself and her children. Ezra helped pay for documents and extra...
Laurent and Izabelle F from Marseille, France
Laurent and Izabelle made aliyah with 3 of their children (Samuel, Ethan and Ora) in July 2019 – our first family from France! Laurent and Izabelle heard about Ezra France through an advertisement in the magazine published by the Jewish Community in Marseille. They...
Aleksandr and Irina F from Tiraspol, Moldova
Aleksandr’s surname in Yiddish means ‘the sparkling, shining, stone’. Aleksandr was born in December 1978 and made aliyah with his wife, Irina. Aleksandr didn’t know his grandparents, but he knows that the family comes from his great-grandmother Chai-Sura and...
Tamara and Esther L from Sao Paulo
Sisters Tamara and Esther from Sao Paulo made Aliyah together. Tamara tells their story: “Aliyah for us means to have a new opportunity in life, to grow and to develop.” “My sister and I made the decision to make Aliyah as life in Brazil is not easy and also because...
Sergei and Snezhana Y from Krivoi Rog
Sergei and Snezhana made Aliyah along with their daughters, Anastasia and Valeria. Sergei tells their story: “It is our dream to go to Israel. My wife has relatives who have been in Israel for more than 20 years. Our eldest daughter has already graduated from school...
Koba and Nina L from Tbilisi
Koba tells their story: “Israel is ours and we have to be there! This is more than words for me – it’s also our emotions. We love Israel.” “There are many things happening in this world now. I was brought up and raised as a Georgian. It is very difficult for me to...
Dinah N from Sao Paulo
Dinah tells her story: “My name is Dinah, I´m from São Paulo. I have family in Brazil, but I always wanted to live in Israel. Aliyah for me means a return to a wonderful country which I can call ‘my home’. I decided earlier this year to make Aliyah because I love...