Unbelievable Reunion of Two Holocaust Survivors over Half a Century Later

"One really interesting aspect to studying medicine in Israel is that you are exposed to a cross-section of people who immigrated to a land from all over the world. Many of these people being survivors of the Holocaust with no other place to go, however Jews are not welcome in many parts of the world, and Israel also has a huge cross section of people due to many different waves of immigration. For example during the 70's to the early 90's Ethiopian Jews immigrated to Israel due to mass hunger and political instability that threatened their existence. Other immigration waves include Yemeni, South African, South American, French Russian, Iranian, and Moroccan Jews.  Perhaps the latest wave will be from Tunisia. Ironically, I have also met some characters in Israel whose legal status in another country remained questionable, while I don't think that this type of immigration is common, it does appear that if you're a Jew with potential jail time, Israel might be the place to go. Either way with Israel's Independence in 1948, hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world had to come together, learn Hebrew as a main language and unify a country together..."Continue reading