Real Life Stories
I was born in Tel Adashim. The date was under dispute, until my father and the head of the village determined: January 11, 1929. I left my mother's womb to breathe the world's air because my parents were... too poor. Totally impoverished. Four children came before me, and my father ...
At a lecture at which Dr. Schussheim spoke, one of the participants handed this letter to him after the presentation. Dear Dr. Schussheim, I’m sitting here listening to you speak, and your words transport me back in time to 1994, when I was pregnant with my first son at age ...
(2003) General Aaron Zeevi has just completed the first two years of his term as General in the Israeli army. Those who were present at the swearing-in ceremony will never forget it. At the conclusion of the event, General Zeevi was asked to address the assembled. He was visibly moved ...
The mother of ten had arrived at the final stage before the birth, after a difficult and complicated pregnancy. Her large family had recently immigrated to a different country. The prevailing medical standards were far lower than those in her home country. This, together with the fact ...
"We had been waiting for fifteen years," she began. "Fifteen summers, fifteen winters had passed, and we were still childless, still waiting. We tried everything, followed every suggestion, all to no avail. Hope was followed by despair again, and again…and again. One ...