“I dreamed of moving to Israel for a long time, because my children and grandchildren live there, but my husband was against leaving Ukraine. Despite many years of persuasion, he did not agree. Even when the war began, my husband remained unshakable in his conviction....

“We decided to repatriate because of the full-scale war that has started in Ukraine. The living conditions are very difficult now, especially for children. And the situation in the east of Ukraine is getting worse every month, and it is not known how it will all end....

Since the June 2023 fire that left just the brick outer and inner walls and some of the roof, we have been providing funding for the restoration. Completely new plumbing and wiring have been installed, roofing is done, and now the drywalling for the walls is...

Vasili did not ‘fall’ into Ezra’s hands immediately. Firstly, the Jewish aid organisation Chesed in Odessa received a call from Vasili’s daughter from Israel with a request to help find and evacuate her father from Kherson and help him get to Israel. A few days before...

“The idea of making aliyah has been brewing in my head for a long time, especially since my cousin Vladislav, quite recently, in October 2022, left for the SELA (Village) youth training program and the first acquaintance with the country of Israel, of course, comes...

Boris is making aliyah with his wife Elya and sons Georgii and Yuri.  He tells their story: “We ourselves are from Donetsk. Therefore, the main reason for our move is that it was very dangerous for us to stay in Donetsk. The area where we lived was often shelled. And...