EZRA INTERNATIONAL
Rescue, Return, Restore – Poor Jewish People to Israel
Stories from the Field
Stories of Jewish people we’ve helped make aliyah (emigrate to Israel).
Larisa B from Usole-Sibirskoe
My grandfather, Isaak, died in Ukraine during the Second World War. My grandmother, Maria, was evacu“ated to Irkutsk in 1941 where my father Eduard was born. Dad lived and studied in Usole-Sibirskoe where he married my mother and later my brother and I were added to...
Gabriel P from Cordoba
“My name is Gabriel, I´m from Córdoba, Argentina. Aliyah for me means being able to "go back" to my roots, my origins and reconnect with who I truly am. I made the decision to make aliyah being aware that my professional experience is in Tourism and Theater, both of...
Evgenii U from Brovary
“Israel, for me, is a country of opportunities and I see my future only there! I am 23 years and have a higher technical education. I tried to study well in school, and I think I have already achieved a lot. It is difficult to get a job in my speciality as a design...
Eder and Karen S from Sao Paulo
“My name is Eder Maciel, I am from São Paulo, Brazil. I am making aliyah with my wife, Karen and son, Jonathan. We made the decision to make aliyah to provide a better quality of life for our family, because aliyah, for me, means this: better quality of life, new...
Ioram and Marcela from Sao Paulo
“My name is Ioram. My wife, Marcela, and I are from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. Aliyah means being able to have the possibility of living in the state that we have felt throughout our life to be our country. It means living a Jewish life, giving Jewish...
Yuri and Yulia B from Novosibirsk
“For my wife, Yulia, and I aliyah means a return to the historical homeland of our ancestors. I have always been interested in Israel for its unusual (in comparison with other states) history, education, and laws. Yulia and I met at a party given by mutual friends –...