Articles written by Simone Goldstein

Simone Goldstein|Jul 5, 2024

All my life, I was afraid to go to Israel. The stories of terrorism were scary to me. Although many of my family and friends visited Israel, I never understood the attraction to Israel. I did not grow up in a religious family. My son Sam moved to Israel in March 2023, when he was 24 years old. He made Aliyah in the Nefesh B'Nefesh program for young professionals. Sam started in the Ulpan program in Ra'anana to learn Hebrew. Mostly with Russian and Ukrainian refugees, he was one of only two...