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On Wings of Eagles Success Stories
Former Soviet Union
 Alena, 20, was born in Odessa, Ukraine, the only child of a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father. Read more  Until the age of nine, Anna had no idea she was Jewish. Being a Jew was dangerous in the… Read more  Dr. Elena Powomarenko, 30, made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Kyrgyzstan… Read more  Michael made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Russia without his parents at the age of 16.  Julia was 11 when she attended the brand-new activity center in her Russian city of Samara.  Rosa was born into a deeply religious Jewish family in the former Soviet Union. But her family paid… Read more  Catherine was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Despite the fact that her family was not religious… Read more  As a young boy growing up in Russia during the reign of Communism, Daniel did not know that… Read more  Eli, 25, grew up in the former Soviet Union (FSU). Though his parents were not religious…  Lidia is a twenty-three-year-old Jew who until recently lived in Russia. Her grandfather was…  Stanislav came to Israel from Ukraine with his father after his mother died. A year later, his… After suffering for decades as Jews living under oppressive Arab rule, the Karani family resolved to try to come to Israel. It was a risky proposition -- Jews where the Karanis live have few rights… Read more  Arik was born in Russia 22 years ago. He was greatly interested in Jewish traditions and studied them whenever…  As a child in the Ukraine, Ira never knew she was Jewish. Then one day, at age 9, she overheard her…  Kayla's shyness masks a life of sadness and tragedy. She remembers a happy childhood with…
Ethiopia
 Ulegar is one Ethiopian Jew who has been airlifted to Israel via Wings of Eagles. She is a…  Aziza, a 28-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia, came to Israel with her baby daughter two…  Sarkalem, 35, arrived in Israel from Ethiopia in 1992. She remembers well the village where…  Efrata is a 27-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia who recently received her law degree in…  Ruthie came to Israel from Ethiopia with her three older siblings and elderly parents.  Vernakakh, 41, and his wife Asasa, 35, lived in a small village in Ethiopia where Vernakakh…  The Maharat family came from a village in Ethiopia where all the residents worked the land and…  Hanok grew up in a small town in northern Ethiopia. When he was ten, he, his mother, and two… Read more  "I will never forget my mother waking me in the middle of the night to tell me we were leaving for…  Like many Jews in her native Ethiopia, Rachel—a beautiful, soft-spoken forty-year-old woman… Read more  Asher’s childhood in Ethiopia was a constant struggle. He and his family dreamed of one day… Read more  Naga, 23, came to Israel with his parents from Gondar, Ethiopia. Despite the fact that… As a boy in Ethiopia, Asher longed for Israel. "It was described as heaven on earth," he recalls. The dream of aliyah drove Asher and his family to risk their lives, walking miles to the Sudanese border… Read more
Bnei Menashe
 Ovadiah is a member of the Bnei Menashe, descendants of one of Israel's "lost tribes"…
Arab and Other Lands
 Rashel's mother, who was Jewish, was kidnapped by a Muslim man in Casablanca… Read more  Theresa made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from her native Chile with her three sons in December 2009…  After suffering for decades as Jews living under oppressive Arab rule, the Karani family… Read more  Lous and her two children - ages 7 and 12 - immigrated to Israel four months ago from Colombia… Read more
Aliyah and Klitah
 Evgeniy was born in Novosibirsk, Russia. With the assistance of the Jewish Agency, a partner… Read more  When Raphael encountered vicious anti-Semitism as a high school student in his native France… Read more  Growing up in South Africa, Rachmiel, 22, always had a very strong sense of his Jewish identity… Read more  Alex has come a long way in the past few years. This 18-year-old young man came to Israel… Read more  Stanislav came to Israel from Ukraine with his father after his mother died. A year later… |
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