Olga

I came to Israel with my husband and three children. I have a Ph.D. in engineering, so …

Igor

My wife and I were four months away from immigrating from Ukraine to Israel in 2004 when …

Aya

Aya and Vasily were already married with a just-turned teenage daughter when they arrived in Israel 19 …

Shlomit

I was born and raised in a German kibbutz in northern Israel. The kibbutz was established …

IDF Soldiers

The military operation this year was Watchman on the Walls. We at Maoz not only kept abreast …

Ronit

I grew up in a family with two deaf parents. Fifty years ago, they were able to …

Joice

Joice was less than a year old when his parents fled Lebanon and settled in Israel. His …

Natalia

When I married a Jewish man in the former Soviet Union, I didn’t care about his religious …

Valentina

Stories from Ukraine – “The day the last of my friends left I cried bitterly all day. …