Jewish Life Digital Edition April 2014 | Page 42

Israel 66 ALIYAH stories The Rudolph family ELI AND JOSHUA RUDOLPH AND FAMILY Josh and I were both born and raised in Johannesburg and attended King David Victory Park. We have been married for six years. We have two beautiful girls, Mia (almost five) and Shani (two-and-a-half). We lived in Johannesburg, in Sydenham, and were part of the Sydenham Shul community. We made aliyah in December 2012 and have been here for 14 months. We live in Ra’anana. Josh and I always knew we wanted to live in Israel. We have always been Zionists and spent many years volunteering and working professionally in the Jewish community in SA in order to contribute towards our community, but also to feel closer to ‘home