Siberian lawyer moves to Israel, becomes massage therapist

Oksana Pivovarova abandoned her career as a lawyer in Siberia and relocated to Tel Aviv, where she now works as a massage therapist.
Mar 8, 2026
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The Siberian woman learned Hebrew from scratch and fell in love with sunny Israel with all her heart.

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Oksana Pivovarova

For three years, Oksana Pivovarova worked without a vacation. As a result, her friends saw in her a tired, nervous, and exhausted shadow of herself. Advice poured in about an urgent vacation, and not just anywhere, but in Israel. Moreover, an astrological analysis of Oksana«s natal chart indicated life in another country — the woman pondered and finally made a decision.

In our Telegram channel «Poisk | NGS.RU | Work Novosibirsk,» we tell stories in cards about how, by losing everything familiar, one can find something new. Oksana quit her job as a lawyer in Siberia and started working as a massage therapist in Tel Aviv.

Recently, NGS wrote about how a student from Uganda found a home, job, and even a grandmother in Novosibirsk. The most difficult challenge for her was the language.

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