From Saint Petersburg to Kedumim
By: Kim Troup
Tagged: Aliyah,
Bible,
Communism,
First Intifada,
Hebrew,
Holy Land,
immigration to Israel,
israel,
Jewish community,
Jewish holidays,
Jewish traditions,
Judaism,
kedumim,
Saint Petersburg,
Samaria,
settle the land,
Soviet Jews,
Soviet Russia
Jan 22, 2018
Aliyah’s story begins five years before she was born. Her parents, Avital and Michael Ezer were a young newly married couple in Soviet Russia. They were respected researchers in their fields and had big plans for the future when in 1980; they submitted a request to immigrate to Israel. Their request was denied, and as was the case for all families who requested to move to Israel at that time, their application triggered government persecution. They were targeted, interrogated and then watched by the KGB, and they lost their jobs.
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Shabbat — the most important symbol of Jewish identity?
On: Sep 9, 2016
By: Kim Troup
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 September is here and with it comes so many new beginnings. School starts on the 1st of September and children begin pre-school or school on that day. Often Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, also begins in September but this year Rosh HaShana is late and will only begin in early […]
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Being a Grandparent – Joy and Traditions – August 20, 2013
On: Aug 20, 2013
By: Kim Troup
We have just returned from our annual summer vacation with our children and it was wonderful! We hiked in the rivers and valleys of the Galilee and the Golan Heights, splashed in the streams and springs of the North and just enjoyed our time together. When the children were young, all of our children went […]
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