A long-awaited visa: Aliyah amidst the Corona crisis

I dialed Tatyana’s number from my Magdeburg home office. “Did you say Magdeburg? That is my city!” I heard a voice on the other end of the line. “That’s where I spent my childhood. My father was stationed there.” Tatyana is a stucco plasterer by profession, but she hasn’t found work in her specialty for …