The work of Ezra International began in 1995 in Ukraine in direct response to a vision God gave American businessman, Mel Hoelzle. The Jewish people had been free to leave the Soviet Union after its collapse in 1991 but many were held back to a wall of poverty – not having the money to pay for their trips to the Israeli Consul or their foreign passports. Ezra started work in Ukraine, but the work has since expanded to 8 other fSU countries, South America and several countries in Europe.
It costs an average of £275 to help one Jewish person home to Israel. A monthly gift of £23.00 will help one person home over one year. However no gift is too small - or too large!! All your donations help in the process of helping Jewish people home and each one is significant. Thank you for your help.
I am making aliyah with my son, Mikita. Through Aliyah our family is reuniting, and we see our future as being in Israel. You can say we are running away from the tough political and economic situations and looking forward to a better future...
My name is Ben-Hur, I am married to Marcia and father of Felipe. Even though we did not attend the Jewish community, due to the long distance, from a young age our parents gave us the burning desire to return to Israel. <br> Our story is that we started working early to help around the house, which is why...
During March members of our Ukraine team have been holding meetings with the Jewish communities in a number of towns and cities close to the war zone. These meetings have been organised together with Ezra Ukraine, Christians for Israel and the Jewish organisation...