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ElizabethElizabeth, 16, has had a tough time dealing with her parents' divorce, among other family problems. | |
IzzyIzzy 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. | |
MarjorieMarjorie had, as she describes it, "a very classic middle to upper-middle-class lifestyle." | |
SashaSasha, 13, lives with her mother and her grandparents in Kiev, Ukraine. | |
GalynaBorn in Odessa, Ukraine, to a Jewish father and a Christian mother, Galyna did not grow up observing Jewish customs. | |
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YahelYahel, age 16, lives 3 miles from Gaza. Over the past few years, thousands of rockets have fallen in her neighborhood. |
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MinaMina, 85, has lived alone in her apartment in Kiev for 44 years. Her only family, two cousins who live in Israel and California, ... |