Making Dreams Come True: The Fraerman Family

Thanks to your generosity,
the ICEJ was able to

bring the Fraerman family
home to Israel.

My name is Sergey. This is my wife Tatyana,
daughter Elizabth

and daughter Olga. We are from
the former Soviet Union.

I did not know anything about Aliyah,
my parents died when I was 9 years old.

And so, I didn't know that I could leave.
I knew that my

relatives lived in Israel. But I did not know
if I could come here.

Then, when I was 29 years old, I
found out that it

was possible to do this, and so
I began to engage in repatriation.

I had to look
for documents in the archives.

And the time came when all the
necessary documents were collected.

I was told that I could make Aliyah and
I immediately wanted to leave.

Firstly, we prepared in advance that
we will come here, and I will give birth here.

I prepared myself that
I would give birth here in Israel.

But because of Coronavirus first,
we had tickets for April 24th, then for

May 3rd and the time came closer and closer
when I would be forbidden to fly,

and we had begun to lose heart. What to do?
How could this be?

And suddenly we received a gift of fate.

I was 32 weeks pregnant with twins,

this was the last date that
I would be able to take a flight.

We were given a green light.
We were prepared literally in 4 days.

Everything happened at lightning speed:
suitcases, packing things.

We did not even realize how everything
came together and we were ready to leave.

We had so many things.

All our luggage was at the
maximum weight allowance for every person.

Our carry-on baggage was also at maximum weight.

We simply did not have a place to take
something else.

Our daughter's scooter was considered
separate luggage,

and we needed to pay extra for it.

I told my daughter: "Let us leave the scooter
and there we'll but another one, she said OK".

The ICEJ wanted to bless the Fraerman family
with a new double stroller and toys for the kids.

Tatyana and Sergey we want to welcome you to Israel
we're so excited that you're here.

I know that you left many things behind
you and that you're starting a new life.

But we have a few gifts for you to get
started. A bicycle for you and this one is for you.

And this one is for you,
you're having two babies, now you have

a double stroller.

Bless you, that you should have a wonderful, safe birth.

Thank you very much.

Can we give you a hug?

Thank you.

Welcome to Israel.

Yes, welcome, welcome
to Israel!

To move here was like a call in our blood.
I feel at home here.

We haven't even walked around yet but I have many friends and relatives here.

This is a good country. This is a safe place for children.

This is paradise on earth.

Our dreams are that our children will be well, that they
will achieve something

in their lives that we could not achieve.

We want to thank the Christian Embassy
for helping us to make Aliyah.

They help people make their dreams come true.
Many thanks to them for their support, for their help.

There are more dreams waiting to be fulfilled.
Partner with us as we bring more families

home to Israel. Go to icej.org/aliyah