In December 2008, 25-year-old Adam Hantman from Kenton, decided to board a Nefesh BeNefesh plane and start a new life in Israel. Only one and a half years later he and his partner Meshi (Mexican Jewish immigrant) have founded their own business and have been crowned the winners of the Israel Business Connections and the Council of Immigrant association of Israel, funded by Jewish Agency as the Young Oleh Entrepreneur 2009 on 26th May.
The award is a new launch of the Jewish Agency to take place on an annual basis. Hantman was given the award for the progress and success of his website www.cheap4olim.com, which aims to help Jewish immigrants by linking them to Israeli businesses that will provide them with special discounts on their services or products.
The idea to create the website was prompted from Hantmans personal experience of struggle in the early days of his Aliyah and the practical difficulties he and his partner Meiselman faced when they left their Ulpan on Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan in the North when looking to make a new home for themselves, and believed that this was a gap in the market that he was eager to fill.
President of the Israel Council of Immigrant Association, Mario Lev upon giving the award said “I’d like to congratulate you on your service and help to the Olim community.” Hantman stated that “Without Meshy’s help, and the guidance from Mario and Ran Afek of the IBC we would not be in the position we are in today to provide the necessary assistance that the olim community need. Since I moved here from London, my standard of living has actually improved, I feel safer from the fear of crime and anti-Semitism and I would not have met the woman who has changed my life.”
Alex Carson
Congratulations to both, good job!
Well done.