Disruptions & Chaos – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie begins the show speaking about the past six weeks of war and how life was in Susya; her guest Lizzy joins the show and shares her Aliyah story which began with her involvement with …Keep Reading!
Natalie Sopinsky
‘Returning Home’ airs:
US Eastern time: Sundays 10am
Israel time: Sundays 5pm
Natalie Sopinsky, a Delaware native, was raised in an “all-American” Conservative Jewish family. Today she is a pistol-wearing, hitch-hiking settler living in the Hebron Hills. A lawyer, lifeguard, and Zumba instructor, the mother of five children, and wife of Philadelphia-public-school-teacher-turned-Israel-university-lecturer, Natalie represents the 150 communities in Judea and Samaria as Director of Development for Rescuers Without Borders Israel, the main US charity for emergency medical needs in the Jewish heartland. Natalie is also an executive team member of Partners in Aliyah, a grassroots movement helping match potential olim to more established olim who have successfully made the move to Israel.
Read Natalie’s Blog at https://www.hatzalah.org.il/blog/ and follow her on FB at https://www.facebook.com/RescuersWithoutBordersIsrael/
and at: https://www.hatzalah.org.il/
For aliyah support join Partners in Aliyah at https://partnersinaliyah.org/
Natalie is passionate about Aliyah and Israel, and hosts the show, ‘Returning Home’ which is chock-full of information on the immigration process to Israel. It airs every Sunday.
Liverpool and a Lone Soldier – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie has two very different guests today…Ruth from Liverpool UK and David from Oakland, California…both came to Israel as young singles. Ruth came to Israel because it was the Future for Jews; David came to …Keep Reading!
Break Aliyah Into Pieces – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie interviews Lara Itzhaki of Olim Advisors who shares her work helping new Olim, and also about her own Aliyah. Regarding her advice with aliyah, Lara suggests breaking it up into pieces so that it …Keep Reading!
Live a Biblical Life – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie interviews Dr. Chanah Tennenbaum who made Aliyah in 1997 with her husband and children, from New York to Nof Ayalon (near Mod’iin.) Dr. Tennenbaum has written her first book “Conceived in Hope” which features …Keep Reading!
Sitting is the New Smoking – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie interviews Mordechai Sopher, Oleh from Los Angeles, Personal Fitness Trainer and Author of “Frum Fitness.” Mordechai made aliyah from L.A. in 2011 where he grew up a Conservative Jew involved in sports. Mordechai’s life …Keep Reading!
Greatness Comes With Pain – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie welcomes guest Tamar Ben Giges who made aliyah with her husband and six children from Australia to Jerusalem two years ago. Tamar was a high school teacher and continues here in Israel to be …Keep Reading!
Broken Windows & Real Conversation – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie starts the program describing her recent trip to Warsaw where she visited the Warsaw Ghetto, and couldn’t hold back with exclaiming “there is no reason to live outside Israel today!” Her guest, David Levine, …Keep Reading!
What Can I GET v. What Can I GIVE – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie interviews two people who both moved to Ashkelon, and neither is taking Ulpan. Miriam 26, nurse and mother made Aliyah in May 2025 from Far Rockaway with her husband and baby, and Dr. Howard …Keep Reading!
Retire in Israel….You Can Do It – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie interviews three recent olim, all retirees. Chaim Stricker, a former school teacher, made aliyah from New Jersey to Arad with his wife and five dogs in 2024. The couple bought a home and settled …Keep Reading!
7 Reasons to Make Aliyah – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie interviews OlimAdvisors Co-founder Rafi Shulman who brings us: 7 Reasons to make aliyah 1. Escape anti-semitism 2. Not as hard as it once was 3. Sense of belonging here 4. Opportunity to start a …Keep Reading!