‘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 begins the show reflecting on her oldest child’s birthday, and how her children has really been fully raised in Israel. Natalie’s first guest is Frieda Katz, a young woman from Texas who came to …Keep Reading!
Natalie begins the show recounting her own aliyah when her children were toddlers and she lived on a kibbutz. That was 16 years ago. First guest, Bluma Ekshtut who made aliyah with her husband and …Keep Reading!
Natalie opens the show talking about the Fall weather and the beauty of Israel; first guest Max Miller from Chicago talks about the hesder program and why he has left his zionist community to live …Keep Reading!
Natalie begins by describing the start of the Chanukah season in Israel with the appearance of sufganiot (doughnuts); she then describes her recent trip to the US where she dealt with her aging parents. Natalie’s …Keep Reading!
Natalie starts off describing Rosh haShana in her yishuv; first guest is Tzvi Wohlgelernter who made aliyah from Toronto in 2010 and lives in Givat Shmuel with his wife and 4 children. Tzvi tells us …Keep Reading!
Natalie starts off talking about the end of summer; her guest is Matt Polani, longtime resident of Beer Sheva, who takes us through his own aliyah in the 1980s where he did the WUJS program …Keep Reading!
Natalie opens by speaking about G-d and how she mistakenly doesn’t mention his presence of our lives especially in Israel. Next Natalie speaks with Gabriel Kessler, Oleh from New York living in Tel Aviv. Gabriel …Keep Reading!
Natalie speaks about envisioning goals and working to actualize them, and how it is possible with determination and focused energy. Everyone has his own perspective on what is important – it can be being a …Keep Reading!
Natalie begins the show recounting a recent book she read about living life as a Jew in the US, in a gentile community and compares it to life in Israel; Natalie’s guest is Gillia Posner …Keep Reading!
Natalie introduces the show by discussing the passage of time noticeable by the different blooming fruits on the trees; First guest Nechama Greenfield (Teaneck – Ashkelon) who has been here for 5 weeks and tells …Keep Reading!
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