For Israel’s 75th Birthday, we asked 75 people around the world:
WHAT IS ISRAEL TO YOU?
Sebastian Hoffmann
New Leadership, Israel Bonds Germany
“To me, Israel is a role model for innovation and solution-based thinking.”
Elisa Nigri Griner
Co-chair, Women’s Division, Israel Bonds Brazil
“The State of Israel is my soul, my dream and my refuge.”
Jonathan Touboul
Executive Director, Israel Bonds France
“Passion, Mission, Ambition”
Linda Sirazi
Chair, Women’s Division, Israel Bonds Mexico
“The State of Israel is not just a place, It’s our home, our identity, our values."
Helen Stechler
“Another Home”
Dan Petri
"Israel's existence is my existence."
Bella Sasson
“Israel is my pride and joy.”
Patricia Edhery
“Israel is pride, democracy and love.”
Dana Lilian Revi
“Israel: My identity. My life.”
Alex Pollak
“A Country of survivors.”
Shirly Shapira
“The Land of Israel is a warm home, a land of milk and honey.”
Fabiana Rivkind Feferbaum
“Israel is our continuity, security, and our sense of belonging.”
Natacha Farouz
“Israel is valour, courage and innovation.”
Ceci Tawil
“Israel is very special and unique.”
Trevor Gee
“Israel, a gift to one nation - a blessing for the world.”
Jean- Philippe Lustyk
“Israel is a point of reference, a light for every jew in the world.”
Boris Schulman
“Israel is not only the country towards which we pray, for me it is a country of friendliness, joy, family, security, and safety, Israel is home.”
Nicole Benedykt Worcman
“Israel is my home. There, I know that I’m never alone. Israel is the pride of my past, present and future, a reflection of our tolerance, love and strength. Israel is where my heart and soul are.”
Rossie Kichik
“Israel is my pride, and the existence of the State gives me security. It’s the quintessential feeling of home and the pride I have as a member of the Jewish nation.” Photo by Nir Dor
Gabriele Höynck
“ISRAEL - 75 years - beloved - promised land - historical - present – eternal. Blessed is he who sticks by you and loves you from generation to generation.”
Justine Zwerling
“My Israel is electric energy, warmth, glorious nature, the DNA brainpower of the size of the moon. In a tiny, diverse country. All living 3D life everyday together.”
Luciana Klar Fischman
“Israel is strength, family, tradition, innovation, culture, faith, coexistence, inclusion, and love. Israel is my safe haven.”
David Bar-On
International Affairs Consultant
“Israel is the gathering of the Jewish people who were scattered around the globe, in the Diaspora, for too many years.”
Eva-Maria Klatt
“Israel is the heart and soul of the Jewish people, whose courage and confidence I admire deeply! Israel is my Sehnsuchtsort, A place of longing! Mazel tov, Israel!”
Isabelle Amsallem
Co-chair, Women’s Division, Israel Bonds France
“Israel is our past, our present, and our future. L’dor v’dor, from generation to generation, unfailingly and eternally.”
Rafael Harari
“Israel is a safe haven for any Jew in the world, a nation that I know will help me with whatever I need.”
Patricia Finkelstein z"l
Accounting Supervisor, Israel Bonds Mexico.
“The State of Israel is synonymous with home and equality. It is a unique space that accepts us as we are and allows us to grow and develop ourselves along with it.”
Stephan Fichtner
Chair, New Leadership, Israel Bonds Germany
“For 75 years, this one dream has been fulfilled every day. As the Chair of Israel Bonds New Leadership in Germany, it is a particular pleasure for me to support Israel.”
Simon Amroussi
Accountant, Israel Bonds UK
“Apart from a profound historic and spiritual connection to Israel, as an exilic Jew, Israel is vital and indispensable for my security.”
Alon Meyer
President of MAKKABI Germany e. V.
“I love Israel as a safe home for all Jews around the world, as a country where millennia of history meets innovation, vision and zest for life. thank those who built it and those who defend it. Yashar Koach! Am Israel Chai - Makkabi Chai”
Dr. Catherine Lacrosnière
Co-chair, Women’s Division, Israel Bonds France
“Israel has a thousand faces, is the cradle of our faith, and a leader in technology. It is the land of my heart.”
Vicky Mamieh
Representative, Israel Bonds Mexico.
“Israel is my home and the place where I yearn to be, always. It is where I turn my body towards when I pray each day when I ask the Almighty to give us sustenance, good health, and long life.”
Orit Usharovsky
Senior Sales Executive, Israel Bonds UK
“Sea and Sun”
Michael Grauss
Managing Director, Israel Bonds Germany
“Mankind has only one planet and Jews have only one homeland.”
Serge Marciano
“We may not be there, we may not live there, but Israel is my raison d’être.”
Susie Amkie Sitt
“Jerusalem is the heart and soul of Israel and the Jewish people.
Patricia Lisbona Fuchs
Co-chair, Women’s Division, Israel Bonds Brazil
“Israel is my home and my family, my comfort and my strength. Israel is the warm embrace of love.”
Liat Fleischmann
Chair, Women’s Division, Israel Bonds Germany
“Ein Li Eretz Acheret! - I have no other land. Although we may live elsewhere in the world, we have one home in our heart that we will always be loyal to: Israel.”
Martine Zaoui
“Intensity, Spirituality, Resilience, Attachment, Eternal, Light. Each first letter of this anagram represents Israel.”
Helene Frankel
“Israel is that wonderful place where fraternity, opportunity and innovation meet, under a blanket of peace, culture and equality.”
Eyla Benedykt
Representative, Israel Bonds Brazil
“Israel is where I love to eat, sleep, party and pray”
Joe Ozer
Executive Director, Israel Bonds UK
“Israel is Passion.”
Ann Laure Cohen
“Israel is the rallying point for Jews around the world.”
Niza Sasson
“Israel is the country which has always exceeded my expectations.”
Sandra Grimblat
“Israel is my eternal Promised Land, my home, my stability, my feeling of belonging!”
Florrie Raymond
Administrator, Israel Bonds UK
“My Heart.”
David Sillam
“Our dreams and prayers fulfilled, with millennia of hope finally realized.”
Raisy Mizrahi
“As a member of the global Jewish community, I consider Israel to be our common homeland, thank G-d.”
Rachel Pirnay
Administrator, Israel Bonds France
“Israel in a word: Invincible.”
Liz Cabasso
Project Manager, Israel Bonds Mexico.
“Israel is the fearless defender of its people and their right to exist.”
Zara Blaskey
“A second home.”
Karina Joseph Levy
“Israel is technology and science, it is culture, and it is diversity. Israel is our home!"
Nastya Quensel
“Israel is important to me. It protects the past and future of the Jewish people and always feels like home.”
Jenny Michan
“Israel is the Iron Dome of the Jews in the Diaspora! It gives me a sense of security to know that it exists and that it is strong!”
Sandra Dangoor
“Home”
Ilana Leeberman
“Israel is our greatest gift. It allows us to feel safe, free and strong. Israel is my home!”
Loretta Nigri
“Israel is my home, our homeland, the Promised Land. Israel is - and will always be - here for us.”
Pam Blustin
“Home”
Yemi Sirazi
“Israel is part of me, it is my identity, it is home, it is security. Israel is everything."
Sacha Stawski
"Israel is an affair of the heart for me - my guarantee of life in the Diaspora and what drives and motivates me to get involved every day - I LOVE ISRAEL!"
Dr. Caroline Atlani
“Israel: country of resilience, of love, of brotherhood, eternally.”
Abraham Sadovich
Financial Controller, Israel Bonds Mexico.
“Israel is where my fondest memories of family are. It fills my heart and gives me pride.”
Gillian Perry
“My Neshama.”
Nava Nadler
Administrator, Israel Bonds Germany
“Israel is my country of birth, which I will always remain connected to. I ask myself not only what my country can do for me, but how I can serve my country. Am Israel Chai.”
Myriam Willcocks
“A Supernatural Miracle!”
Gila Usvaev
Executive member of the board, Makkabi Frankfurt
“For me, Israel is the place where I am safe, where I feel comfortable and secure.”
Elsa Bensussan
“Israel is strength, governed by intelligence and compassion.”
Vanessa Kogan Rosenbaum
“Israel is our security. Its existence is a promise that we, the Jewish people, will always have a home.”
Barbara Dingle
“Bible and Holy.”
Hanita Ajnwojner
Deputy Managing Director, Israel Bonds Germany
“For me, Israel is the country of my birth, my life insurance. Never again will a Jew be faced with closed borders like the generation of my parents.”
Cibele Ghelfond Levi
“Israel represents hope, strength, determination, and optimism. It is our one true home!
Elizabeth Cohen
Sales Representative, Israel Bonds France
“Israel, the heart of our People, the land of my heart.”
Karen Sasson
“Israel is what I am most connected to. It’s my roots, it’s where my family lived, it’s where my history is.”
Jonathan Lewis
“Israel means sea and sun on Herzliya beach!!”
David Castro
“A start-up nation with over 2,000 years of history, where new ideas constantly emerge.”
Isaac Lan
Representative, Israel Bonds Mexico.
“Israel is, for me, a unique country whose existence gives me inner peace.”
Esther Marcos de Abadi
“Medinat Israel is my source, my history, my identity and my home. G-d bless the State of Israel.”
Photo by Nir Dor
Emdond Levy
“Israel is the state of the Jewish people and a land for which I have unconditional love. We have an imperative duty in all generations to support and strengthen it”
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