12.05.2022 | Tel Aviv and Central Region
The library manager Sana took us through several wings of Beit Ariella, including the Children’s department, Design and Visual Information, Rambam - with religious and scientific literature, and the Comics Department. We also visited the Ahad Ha'am Library Collection that holds rare and unique publications on education, the history of Israel, Diaspora communities and Hebrew literature.
It was really great! I have never been in a library in Israel and had no idea what a fascinating place it could be!
Natalia N.
05.05.2022 | Multiregional
A big thank you to our amazing guides, the sweet, grateful guests in our yard on Yom Ha'Atzmaut - about 110 Olim - some fresh from Russia and Ukraine - our good Mayor Shlomo Neeman, Nefesh' bNefesh Lone Soldiers, our Shishi Shabbat Facilitators and best ever catering by Gavriel Gourmet. This wonderful celebration of Israel’s Independence is a tradition we look forward to every year. Am Yisraeli Chai!
01.05.2022 | Haifa and North Region
I really enjoy our weekly Ulpan classes and the course itself! It's an excellent opportunity to practice the language with my classmates, fulfill the vocabulary and learn Hebrew. Our teacher Olga always brings up the actual topics and helps us improve our language skills and step by step bringing communication barriers.
Elena R.
01.05.2022 | Multiregional
Monthly Table Games evenings with Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli provide quality “down time” from work, studies, and weekly stress in a warm atmosphere, opportunities to meet fellow amazing young people from the surrounding community and hear about upcoming Shishi Shabbat events!
Thank you for a great time today. I had a lot of fun and was especially grateful to meet new friends.
Victoria S.
01.05.2022 | Multiregional
Huge Mazal Tov to our dear Inna and Sergei and sister Evelyn on the birth of baby Alon, to Moshe Michael and Liya on the birth of their daughter Naomi, and to Irena and Artem on their engagement!!
We are so joyful in your joy, and may our Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli community continue to celebrate life milestones and happy occasions together!!
30.04.2022 | Multiregional
Close to 28,000 Russian-speaking Olim have arrived in Israel, without Hebrew and many even without English, and are in great need of assistance. Our Russian-speaking volunteers continue to provide daily assistance to Olim in government offices, filling out official documents, settling status issues, organizing and procuring necessities from warehouses of donated items, helping with bank, school, and medical needs, and accompanying Olim during medical intervention. Our volunteers helped search for apartments and jobs, providing legal advice on rental and employment contracts, facilitating professional psychological counseling, and arranging Shabbat and holiday hospitality, and so much more. We led a free tour of Jerusalem with a volunteer guide. We launched our first support group for Olim, led by a psychologist Sonya, who specializes in helping families. Our volunteers participated in Yom Hashoah and Yom HaZikaron ceremonies with the new Olim. We refer new Olim to our Israel Jobs listings on Telegram, used by over 2800 Olim, and our Olim.live platform is helping match Olim directly with our volunteers.
– Rita Agapova, Olim Volunteer Coordinator, Jerusalem
Natalya a PhD mathematician says that this is the third war she had to flee from. She was 2 years old during the Second World War, when her parents fled Ukraine. In 2014, she had to flee again, from Donetsk to Kharkov. And now, as a pensioner, she fled from Kharkov to Israel, with her son – hopefully for the last time.
28.04.2022 | Tel Aviv and Central Region
Understanding the challenge for new Olim in improving their Hebrew, we decided to open a Conversational Hebrew Club once a month to enable our members to meet with native speakers, learn some slang, and get to know local culture. We started with introductions and icebreakers, watched several funny videos in Hebrew which we translated it with the help of our facilitator, and then played games with Hebrew words.
It was really wonderful! My Hebrew is still not fluent, so this Conversational Club is going to be extremely useful!
Rita V.
27.04.2022 | Beer-Sheva and South Region
On this special day, we honored the memory of six million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis and their henchmen and recalled the heroism of our people. Together with veterans who survived the Ghetto, we lit memorial candles and talked about the importance of this day and the events that preceded it. We finished by singing Hatikva, young and old together, which was very moving.
We were honored to meet 88 years old ghetto veterans Faina and Sasha Ostanovsky. We lit candles, read the memorial prayer, and listened to veterans' story about their lives as eight year olds during the War, their personal Holocaust story and how they survived. About the difficulties and joys, how they found each other, built their family and their journey in Israel. Thanks to Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli for giving us this opportunity. Never again!
Andrey S. (Beersheva)
Why do we mark the anniversaries of terrible days in history? As a world community, as people, and individuals - So it will never happen again. To remember those who died and prevent the value of their lives from being forgotten. To honor those who survived, thank them for their courage, and pray for them.
Thank you for the opportunity to listen to Emmanuel's story and to have a chance to discuss it with like-minded people.
Alexandra L. (Haifa)
26.04.2022 | Beer-Sheva and South Region
Together with our guide and Bauhaus expert Michael Duhovny, we toured the city center. He showed the examples of the Bauhaus style in different buildings. The weather was really pleasant, and we were joined by many people who were completely new to Tel Aviv because they just made Aliya! This was a really good way for them to understand the beauty of their new city.
This was great tour of the centre of Tel Aviv in all respects! Thanks a lot!
Kirill N.
25.04.2022 | Tel Aviv and Central Region
MEETING WITH FILM DIRECTOR ROMAN LIBEROV
April 25th, 2022 – Tel Aviv and Central Region
Roma Liberov is a famous director of documentary movies about Russian writers. Roma shared why he recently moved to Israel and how much his life has changed since February 24, 2022.
We then watched the film "Written by Sergey Dovlatov" a biography of the famous writer whose writings were not published in Russia until his death. Roma collected all of his texts, and without changing a single word, created the movie script. The film covers his childhood and adolescence, his service in a prison camp, his attempts to make a career in the USSR, his departure to America, relationships with family and his dream only to be published in his motherland. After the film, Roma told of his acquaintance with Sergei’s daughter and wife,and his creative solutions to better convey the story. The participants also discussed how similar our stories are, the country you grew up but can't stay in, and building a new life in a land connected to our spiritual history. And being happy.
Such a fantastic movie. I never heard about this director but now want to see all his works. Thank you Argaman, for having us meet such talented people, and for the trusting and warm atmosphere of these meetings.
Anastasia M.
MEETING WITH DIRECTOR DMITRIY NIKITIN, AND SCREENING OF "THE SNOW HERE WON'T FALL""
April 11th, 2022 – Tel Aviv and Central Region
Dmitriy Nikitin, a young award-winning documentary movie director, is now on his way to represent Israel at the International Film Festival.
We watched the film “It Doesn't Snow Here”, an autobiographical story of Dmitriy and his Aliyah experience, his relationship with his parents and sister who stayed in Russia, and his dreams and reflections on life here in Israel.
After watching the film, the participants asked Dmitriy many questions (made during Covid quarantine) and how the film festival industry works in Israel, including funding for documentaries.
Most interestingly was how each of the Olim related personally to the story – the challenges and inner strings that the film touched upon in each of them.
It was a really great meeting! Dmitriy is very young, talented and inspiring. Also it was so good to talk out our life experiences with others. I felt that I was not alone, and that we all have a lot in common.
Anton R.
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