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).
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,...
Vladimir and Alla K from Kiev
Vladimir tells the couple’s story:“For me, making Aliyah is the only hope to live longer as I am now suffering from an incurable disease. There is hope that in Israel, where the medicine and doctors are more advanced, they can help me. Sometimes they do...
Olga S from Kiev
This is my dream – to live in Israel – and now it’s coming true!“It is difficult when your daughter and grandchildren are so far away – but I always believed that we could be together. My own mother was left an orphan when she was 12 years old. The Nazis...
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 organisations. I am an ambulance driver and my wife works in Social Services, dealing with children and young...