Stories from the Field
Stories of Jewish people we’ve helped make aliyah (emigrate to Israel).
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...
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...