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Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Elizabeth, 16, has had a tough time dealing with her parents' divorce, among other family problems.
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Izzy

Izzy

Izzy was raised in an Orthodox household, but he didn't discover his passion for Israel until he participated in Taglit-Birthright Israel when he was 19.
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Marjorie

Marjorie

Marjorie had, as she describes it, "a very classic middle to upper-middle-class lifestyle."
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Sasha

Sasha

Sasha, 13, lives with her mother and her grandparents in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Galyna

Galyna

Born in Odessa, Ukraine, to a Jewish father and a Christian mother, Galyna did not grow up observing Jewish customs.
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Yahel

Yahel

Yahel, age 16, lives 3 miles from Gaza. Over the past few years, thousands of rockets have fallen in her neighborhood.
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Mina

Mina

Mina, 85, has lived alone in her apartment in Kiev for 44 years. Her only family, two cousins who live in Israel and California, ...
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