by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
I find Zahry in Beit Shemesh, where he is living with relatives after a three-month stay in the Immigration Absorption Center in Beer Sheva. At first he is hesitant to talk about his experiences as a recent immigrant from Yemen. Suspicion comes naturally to many of...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Meeting with me in a Tel Aviv café on a sunny morning, Gabriel, who will soon mark his ninth anniversary in Israel, speaks nostalgically about his native Argentina, but seems to have no second thoughts about his decision to become one of the thousands of Argentine...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
At the edge of the Negev Desert, the town of Beersheva is home to a community of Bene-Israel Jews, originally from India. Sitting on a bench under a sheltering palm, I talk with Sara, who came to Beersheva in 1964, at the age of 20. While we watch her grandchildren...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Theodor meets me at a tree-shaded outdoor café for lunch and to reminisce about his aliyah twenty years ago. Arriving on an El Al flight to Tel Aviv, he recalls leaving Budapest with equal parts hope and anxiety. His move, ironically, came on the heels of Hungary’s...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
I find Uri in a Nahariya park, where we had earlier agreed to meet. A sea breeze off Israel’s northern Mediterranean coast gently rattles the leaves of an overhanging tree. At the age of 67, Uri still has a spring in his step as he leads me to a shaded bench. He is...
