Stories of our people
A Shabbat story
“They wait for me here every week, and that feeling hasn't faded over the years”
After moving to Israel, a participant of the Torah and Shabbat program went months with almost no face-to-face contact. An acquaintance invited her to a Friday gathering. She came out of politeness at first, and later because she wanted to.
Today she comes every week, helps welcome new participants and invites her neighbours herself. The regularity of the meetings has become as much of a support to her as their content.
— Anonymous
Lev Posherstnik
Lev is a close friend of ours, a poet and an extraordinarily talented person. He welcomes us as close friends and loves us like his own family.
Irina Petrovna
Irina is one of the remarkable people in our organisation. In the Soviet Union she was an engineer working on nuclear submarines.
She adores Olya the younger and Olya the elder, calls them her little daughters and says that our warm gatherings are her ray of sunshine each week.
The Shlafer family
The Shlafer family are like our own family now. Anatoly always helps in any situation, and if you do something quietly without asking him for help, you can expect a separate telling-off.
We celebrate birthdays, holidays and important occasions together.