by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Claudio meets me in a quiet street in Jerusalem, where he has recently settled after immigrating here a year and a half ago. He joins a number of other recent immigrants from Venezuela that comprised the highest growth rate in Israeli immigration in the last year. ...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
When Nina agrees to meet me to discuss her experiences as a Ukrainian immigrant living in Israel, she says she is proud to share her story. “I cam e here almost twenty years ago,” she tells me with a soft smile. “And every day I think about how happy I am to be...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Tunisia has been in the news lately because of the recent popular uprising that led to the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The 1500-member Jewish community there, concentrated in the capital city of Tunis and the island of Djerba, has experienced...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Raffi greets me near dusk at the entrance to a Tel Aviv park. He has only recently completed aliyah, after emigrating to Israel from his native Sweden. Raffi has agreed to share his story, against the backdrop of the social and political climate today in his native...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
In a park in Eilat, I meet Jacob, a young man originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, and now living in this area. Jacob arrived in Israel five years ago, at the age of 26. Jacob’s Story Prior to his aliyah, Jacob spent his youth in the Johannesburg suburbs,...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Muriel has agreed to speak to me after negotiations through a mutual acquaintance. Although somewhat shy, this pleasant-faced woman in her mid-thirties greets me with a broad smile and the pronounced Scottish brogue of her birth country. Muriel’s Story Raised...
