BAR MITZVAH FOR BOY RESCUED FROM ARAB VILLAGE
The story began 15 years
ago, when S., a Jewish girl from Jerusalem, met an Arab who exploited her
naiveté and personal distress. Shortly afterwards, the two married and moved to
an Arab village. Only after suffering severe domestic abuse that almost led to
her death did S. turn to the anti-assimilation group Yad L'Achim and
ask for help from the organization. A social worker of the Yad L'Achim rescue
department was assigned care of S. and her son, and maintained telephone
contact with her, with the conversations being conducted cautiously while the
Arab husband went to work.
In a complex operation, the
organization rescued S. and her son from the heart of a hostile Arab village in
Samaria and transferred them to a well-guarded and well-appointed hiding place.
Under the guidance of Yad L'Achim's legal advisors, S. filed a
complaint with the police about her Arab husband's violence, and when her
husband was brought to trial and imprisoned for a protracted period, the Jewish
mother received exclusive custody of her son.
Over the years, S. came close to Judaism and her son, accompanied by a
special Yad L'Achim mentor, began studying in the Talmud Torah
school in the city where they lived. For the past year the tutor taught the boy
the laws of putting on tefillin, reading the Torah, and preparing
for the great day - the Bar Mitzvah day.
Mordechai Sones
November 28, 2017
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