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When Zhenya and her daughter Nelia telephoned our offices in Ukraine from their new home in Israel, they told us about their wonderful life there.  They live near Haifa, close to the Mediterranean Sea.  Now in Israel for more than two years, they have started a new life there—when Nelia’s young children ask their mother, “When will we go back home to Ukraine?” her reply is always the same:  “This is our home now, and we’re not going back to …

Ezra International’s team in Russia helped Reuven return home at last—to Israel, the land God promised to his forefathers centuries ago.  As a Jewish young man, Reuven believes that Israel is where he belongs, his place as the Almighty swore long ago to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moving to Israel is, for Reuven, the fulfilment of a dream he has held all his life.  He has spent the last few years studying Hebrew and learning more about the traditions of Judaism.  …