Stories from the Field
Stories of Jewish people we’ve helped make aliyah (emigrate to Israel).
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...
Olga and Sergei P from Samara
Olga and Sergei made Aliyah along with their daughters, Diana and Eva.Sergei had a good job but recently he lost it (he is the main wage earner). Olga worked in education and her salary was very small. This was the impetus for them to leave for Israel...
Dina and Igor V from Ufa
Dina and Igor made Aliyah along with their son, Savelii.Dina and Igor decided that they, along with their younger son, will make Aliyah to be closer to their older children who are already in Israel. Problems at Igor’s work also pushed forward their...
Aleksandr and Yulia O from Novosibirsk
Aleksandr and Yulia made Aliyah with their son, Timofei. Aleksandr tells their story “I didn’t know that our family had Jewish roots. Two years ago, Yulia, by accident, found the birth certificate of my grandmother Rosa Moiseyevna [daughter of Moses]. Our...
Vladislav B from Evpatoria, Crimea
Vlad is writing this from Israel, having made Aliyah with Ezra’s help. “Hello, my name is Vlad. I was born in Uzbekistan, in the city of Shakhrisabz but have lived all my adult life in Evpatoria, Crimea. I’m a realist, and I know that to succeed and to...
Oksana E from Porech’e
Oksana made Aliyah with her mother Anna, her daughters – Nina and Valentina and her sons – Denis and Dmitro. Oksana tells their story: In general it all started with my mother, Anna. She was born before the war in Odessa. When the war began in 1941, she...
Leonid & Nataliya F from Kazan
Leonid and Nataliya have relatives in Haifa. Nataliya’s mother was sick for a long time and needed care. This kept the couple in Russia. After she died Leonid and Nataliya decided to make Aliyah and be close to their relatives in Israel. Leonid said: "It...
Anastasia F from Kuznetsk
Ezra International assisted Anastasia in her efforts to move to Israel. She said, “I am very grateful that you help Jewish people in their return to their historical homeland”. She feels that it may be difficult in Israel at first. But she wants to find a...
Evgenii O from Ekaterinburg
Ten years ago Evgenii was in a car accident, after which he was completely paralysed in his lower body and has to use a wheelchair. The accident prompted Evgenii to rethink a lot in his life – simple things began to play a bigger role and his values...