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...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
As anti-Semitism has grown over the last few years in France, so has the number of French immigrants in Israel. In 2005, Israel experienced the largest influx of French Jews in 33 years, and the phenomenon continues. To better understand the dynamics of modern...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
In a Jerusalem office complex, I meet with David, the administrator of a large non-profit organization based here. Today David plans to share with me the story of his move to Israel 20 years ago. David’s Story At the age of 50, David looks a decade younger. His gait...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The ancient country of China has a colorful history of Jewish involvement, ironic in a country with almost no practicing Jews today. Chinese immigration to Israel is therefore a rarity, but not unheard of, to which 25-year-old Yacoov can attest. Yacoov’s Story One of...
