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Guardians of Israel Success Stories
Holocaust Survivors
 Miriam, who is now 85 years old, was one of the first Jews to arrive at the Auschwitz concentration… Read more  "Sometimes I have no money to buy food. I'm embarrassed I can't help my family. My dream is to live… Read more  When Yosef, an elderly Ukrainian Jew who escaped Nazi persecution during World War II… Read more  Dovid, the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, came to Israel from his… Read more  Natalia made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Ukraine late in her life. After her husband died…
Families
 Abigail is a single mother with three growing children. Their diet was mainly bread for lunch and simple pasta…  Jews all over the world will soon celebrate Passover commemorating the Exodus, when Moses led the Israelites…  Irina lives with her daughter Nastya in Ukraine. Because Irina's former husband is in hiding to avoid paying…  For Irit and her family, as for millions of Jews worldwide, Passover is a special observance — the holy festival…  The Yallav family eight children, their mother, and their grandmother moved to Israel from Ethiopia in 2000.  Badiago, 25, made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Ethiopia with her 76-year-old grandmother five years ago.  Yonina was born in Morocco and made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) with her parents six months after she was born. Read more  Sami, Dalia, and their four children made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Ethiopia. Sami and Dalia want nothing more…  David and his wife live with their six children in a three-room public housing apartment. Last year they…  Sasha came to Israel from the Ukraine. Her husband passed away two years before she made aliyah…  Avaraham, Lila, and their 11 children immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia. The entire family lives in a three-room… Read more  Yonatan and Chava are ultra-Orthodox Jews living in a poor neighborhood in Ashdod. They have four children… Read more  Oksana and Maxim have two sons, ages 15 and 5, as well as a 2-year-old daughter. Every day Oksana goes to… Read more  Aster is a single mother to three daughters, ages 17, 11, and 5. After her husband died… Read more  Dana and her five-year-old daughter came to Israel from Russia three years ago in… Read more  Leah, a 42-year-old single mom, had nowhere to turn. Five years ago when she was diagnosed… Read more  Aaron and his wife recently welcomed a new baby girl into the world with joy and thanksgiving.  The Salvia family came from the former Soviet Union just one year ago. Mrs. Salvia, a single…  Dana is a single mother of six, a native Israeli who works long hours in the catering… Read more  As a child growing up in Russia, Sonia learned about Judaism from her grandfather.  At a high school gym in Jerusalem, needy Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia, Russia, Yemen… 
Malka is a 67-year-old Jewish immigrant from Morocco. In the parking lot of a… Read more 
Shir and her family are very poor. When Shir's mother was forced to use money for her electric bill… Read more 
Chava is a single mother of six children who only recently moved to an apartment of her own. Read more 
David, a 59-year-old man diagnosed with cancer, struggled to support his family on a tiny disability… Read more 
Smadar, 35, is a strong woman and mother of three whose family recently received… Read more 
With funding from The Fellowship, the Gidon family realized their longheld dream of moving to Israel… Read more  Tzahi and Sarah have five children. For years, Tzahi's job as a salesman and Sarah's as a secretary allowed… Read more At 21, Kinneret married Yoni, her best friend and the love of her life. Together they had two beautiful children. "It was a dream," Kinneret remembers. Kinneret and her husband… Read more
Elderly
 Miriam moved to Israel from Morocco nearly 30 years ago with her husband. Today, at 83, she is a widow, bedridden…  For Sergei and Rivka, immigrating some years back to Israel from Belarus was the realization of their prayers…  Freida is an elderly immigrant from Iran, where she was a physical therapist for over 30 years.  Gedabaresh feels blessed to be living in Israel with her adult son but she will never forget…  Adissa arrived in Israel eight years ago by herself. Her husband died in Ethiopia…  Simcha, a 67-year-old widow, lives in Pardes Chana. For the past five years, Simcha…  Slava is a 58-year-old immigrant from Odessa, Ukraine. He lives with his disabled…  Leah, a 74-year-old widow who lives in the northern Israel city of Yokneam, was born in Morocco.  Even in Israel, winter can be severe. Especially for the elderly poor…  Pashimo is an 83-year-old woman who is kind, loving, and soft spoken. She is very poor and is… Read more  Shlomo, 75, immigrated to Israel from Russia at a very young age. He loved living in Israel and… Read more  Life has always been very difficult for Galine, 73, and her mother Esther, 95, yet they have… Read more  Maria is an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor who lives in the community of… Read more  Coming to Israel 12 years ago from the former Soviet Union (FSU) was a dream come true for… Read more In 1984, Anita and her husband left their native Romania to fulfill their lifelong dream of moving to Israel. When they first arrived, they were able to live comfortably off of Anita's husband's pension… Read more  Sophie, an elderly Jew from the former Soviet Union, has known more than her share of hardship. Read more  Ursula, now in her 70s, made aliyah to Israel at a relatively late age. The situation in her native… Read more Ovadya made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Morocco in 1950, settling in Jerusalem. He eagerly served his country in the army, and later married and enjoyed a rewarding career as a policeman. Read more
Children
 Almaz, 16, is one of Neve Michael's success stories. An Ethiopian Jewish girl, Almaz was orphaned at age 13. She got… Read more  Looking at Lital, a lovely fourteen-year-old girl, you would never know what she has been through. Lital's… Read more  "I looked out my classroom window and saw the mountains covered in smoke and fire!" recalls Shachar… Read more  In the midst of Hanukkah festivities at school, 11-year-old Nadav and his classmate, 10-year-old Guy… Read more  Sasha, 18, was born in Russia. His parents divorced when he was three years old, at which time he… Read more  Yaakov, the oldest of four children, was born in Ethiopia and made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) in 2002…  David was born while his family was trekking through rugged and dangerous terrain in Ethiopia.  Sagury, 13, is the only child of parents who came to Israel from Ethiopia. Since his parents are sick and… Read more  Shaul, 22, lived with his parents and younger sister as he was growing up in the Ukraine. "Finances were… Read more  Alana, 19, is the youngest of six siblings. Her family made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Ethiopia in 1992. Read more  Dovid, 19, was born in a southern Israel development town into a family with financial and social problems. Read more  Judah is a 10-year-old boy. His father is in jail for abusing him, and his mother, a mentally unstable woman… Read more  Lizzy, 11, lives with her father and five siblings in a one-bedroom apartment in Jerusalem.  In my childhood, I studied in a religious elementary and junior high school until I was 16 years old. Then I moved to… Read more  Dovid, 18, was raised in the Ukraine, where his family kept many Jewish traditions despite the anti-Semitism… Read more  Lani is nine years old and has two younger siblings. They came to Israel from Ethiopia a few years ago with their mother… Read more  Avraham is six years old and lives with his mother, grandmother, and five-year-old cousin. Avraham's mother arrived… Read more  Sarah is a sixteen-year-old young woman born to a mentally ill, single mother who didn't have a home and… Read more  Yinon, a nine-year-old boy, has an upbeat personality that masks the difficulties he faces every… Read more Growing up in Siberia, Tamar, 16, knew little about her Jewish heritage. Her life, however, took a turn when she and a friend went to a weeklong seminar during which they were immersed in Jewish faith…  Nine-year-old Oliya made aliyah from Ethiopia just three years ago with her parents and younger sister…  Dina is a 45-year-old Israeli single mother to two boys, ages 12 and 6. When she was diagnosed…  Imagine being forced to start your life a new—at age seven. This is what happened to Marko after his mother died. Read more
Soldiers
 Hello, my name is Yitzhak, and I am a student studying political science and communications in… Read more  My name is Ingrid. I am 25 years old and I grew up in Bogota, Colombia. My mother left me when I… Read more  My name is Vladimir. I am 22 years old and I live in a small town nearby Haifa. I was born in Moldova… Read more  I am Alona, 23 years old. I was born in Ukraine two weeks after the atomic explosion in…
Victims of Terror & War
Dror is 35 years old and truly an Israeli hero. He was born in the Holy Land after his parent's family escaped the Holocaust and was instilled with deep Jewish values that he holds dear to this day.  Ofrah is a religious woman who lives with her husband and eight children in the Israeli southern… Read more Eli, 32 years old, lives with his wife and five-year-old son in a block of immigrant housing in the Israeli city of Ashkelon. He loves his city, and has been living in his building since he was born… Read more Moshe, a married father of three, lived his whole life in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, located 8 miles north of Gaza. "As far as I'm concerned it's a great place to live," he says.  In many ways, Eli was the typical seven-year-old boy—energetic, enthusiastic and… Read more
Feeding the Hungry
 Even as Israel grieves for the loss of life and injuries sustained during the recent terror bombing in Jerusalem, her… Read more  Baruch, 80, became a widower a few years ago. He and his wife made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Morocco… Read more  Irina immigrated to Israel from Ukraine ten years ago. Life was going well for her until her husband, David, died… Read more Coming to Israel 12 years ago from the former Soviet Union (FSU) was a dream come true for Valentin and his wife. "We felt as if we were just waiting out a prison term before we could get to… Read more  Olga came to Israel alone six years ago from the former Soviet Union, wanting to make a new start in life. Read more
911 Emergency Fund
 Imagine being so afraid that you cannot leave your room, even to go to your kitchen… Read more  Naomi overcame many challenges in her life as a single mother. When faced with a cold winter… Read more
Job Training
 The Salem family — Abraham, Sima, and their three young children — made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from… Read more Sefi, 29, is an Ethiopian Jew who made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) with his family years ago. "I can only characterize our aliyah as painful and dangerous, "Sefi remembers. " I was only five years old… Read more Forty-six-year-old Tania worked as a doctor's assistant in Ukraine. Though she made a small salary by Western standards, she managed to live relatively comfortably and support her son and daughter.… Read more
Community Needs
 Belet and her husband tried for years to make aliyah (immigrate to Israel) from their native… Read more Fellowship turns to faithful Guardians to help feed hungry, needy children in Israel A long line of children standing eagerly outside their school's cafeteria may be a heartwarming sight… Read more |
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