In a heartwarming turn of fate, Michele Moskowitz made aliyah from Baltimore along with her husband, Michael, just days before Mother’s Day with the assistance of Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and Jewish National Fund-USA.
The Moskowitzes is joining a powerful legacy of three generations of the family who have already made aliyah: Michele’s mother, Arlene Milgram, who moved to Israel five years ago at the age of 82, and the Moskowitzes’ son, Elliot, who moved to Israel two years ago with his wife, Miriam, and their two young daughters, Tehilla and Ashira.
Before making aliyah, Milgram would visit Israel every year. After her husband and Michele’s father, Joel Milgram, passed away, she knew it was time for her to be in the place she felt the most at home, Israel. Elliot and Miriam Moskowitz followed in his grandmother’s footsteps, bringing their two daughters to grow up in the Jewish homeland. Michele Moskowitz knew that she wanted to be much closer to her family, especially her beloved granddaughters.
Now, for the first time since 2006, the four generations of the family are living in the same country, and just streets away from one another in Ramat Bet Shemesh.
Michele Moskowitz’s first Mother’s Day in Israel is the first time in 19 years that the three generations are reunited in person during their everyday lives, sharing holidays, meals and moments together in person. A rare Mother’s Day celebration wrapped in the journey of aliyah, family and coming home.
Media contact: Miki Dubery, miki@acomstrategies.com.
