EZRA CANADA
Rescue, Return, Restore – Poor Jewish People to Israel
Stories from the Field
Stories of Jewish people we’ve helped make aliyah (emigrate to Israel).
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Auto DraftEva and Leonid Ch from Kiev
“My husband and I are both purebred Jews. I am now 80 years old and he is 9 years older than me. He will turn 90 this year! This year will also be a special anniversary of our life together – we have been married for 60 years! We live modestly. We had no savings...
Anna P from Kiev
“I always have had the desire to live in my homeland but difficulties in life held me back – including health issues. However, loneliness and health have both worsened. My blindness does not allow me to live a full life. I want now to be near my grandson – a year...
Anna K from Melitopol
“I have always wanted to live in Israel. While I was still a student, I wanted to leave on one of the Jewish Agency’s programs but then got married and my son, Nazar, was born. So, the question of aliyah was postponed for a while. Then my husband and I divorced, and...
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...
Vira Z from Kherson, Ukraine
Vira Tells her story: “My Dad made Aliyah twenty years ago and now is seriously ill and I am going to care for him. I am originally from Crimea and, due to the war and the occupation of Crimea, living there is getting worse every day.”“My parents divorced when I was...
Igor S from Mariupol
“I just made the decision to leave a month ago!! Before that I was a little afraid of change but now I realise that in Ukraine I wasn’t doing anything, the country is heading for the abyss and getting worse and worse every year. There are no prospects,...