Everyone loves a good love story. This great one, from Mordechai and Debbie Simon of University City, concerns their eldest daughter, Nechama Dina Simon, who made Aliyah last week on the last of Nefesh B'Nefesh's chartered aliyah flights for 2009.

The flight was designated as a "singles flight" and there were 81 singles among the 200-plus new olim aboard. As part of the welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport, Nechama Dina was called to the podium to receive her citizenship papers. Shortly thereafter, Zach Taylor, her boyfriend, was called up. There, in front of the throng that had gathered for the festivities, he proposed marriage to her. And yes, she accepted.

Nechama Dina Simon was born and raised in U. City and attended Torah Prep and Bais Yaakov, and visited Israel twice before attending seminary there for a year. She is currently a student at Bar Ilan University where Zach will begin classes after being discharged from the Israeli Army this month.

The couple met through mutual friends in Israel in December 2008. A spring 2010 wedding is planned.

Congratulations to Debbie Greenberg, of Creve Coeur, who has been selected for inclusion in the national "Counselors That Change Lives Program."