‘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.
Natalie welcomes us to the program by recaping the past few weeks which were packed with Jewish holydays, Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. She then plays earlier recorded pieces where she shares some wisdom …Keep Reading!
Natalie greets Aleeza Ben-Shalom, (Philadelphia – Pardes Chana, 2021) and discusses the challenges she and her family have had for their first full year in Israel. They discussed living with one small 5-seater car (they …Keep Reading!
In this episode, Natalie speaks to us from the heart touching on the benefits of avoiding small talk and the short memories of Israelis, before launching into an interview with Nathaniel Washay, (Detroit-Efrat 2019) who …Keep Reading!
Natalie begins the program with Leah (Louise) and Akiva (Mark) Powers, who made aliyah in 2019 from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – to Ashkelon. They describe their daily routine, the way they settled in with the help …Keep Reading!
Natalie starts the show sharing insights of her life while walking on the security road with her dog in the early morning; she discusses how we all sometimes lose motivation and focus, and are able …Keep Reading!
Natalie takes us through her daily routine, to the 2nd hand store, to a neighbor to borrow a hot plate, and more, all while sharing antecdotes on different things happening around her. In the midst …Keep Reading!
Natalie spends this episode sharing parts of her week with us….we are with her as she guards a group of teenage girls at the pool singing along with the “Sound of Music” in Hebrewj; we …Keep Reading!
The show opens up with the sounds of Summer, as Natalie records poolside during her morning shift. This show features Natalie speaking at different sections throughout the day….her early morning walk around the yishuv, a …Keep Reading!
Natalie starts off by describing changing your goals, changing the way you want your life to look and to be. It can happen anywhere, no matter where you live. It can happen early on, or …Keep Reading!
Natalie starts off by describing her recent visit to the US Embassy in Jerusalem in an effort to renew her childrens’ US passports; first guest, Chana Molner, British woman who was raised as a non-Jew, …Keep Reading!
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