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Rescued from an Arab Village, Woman to Share Story

“Help! Come rescue me now, my husband is coming!!” This was the frantic call Yad L’Achim received from Aliza, a Jewish woman who was trapped in an Arab village. Tonight Aliza will be sharing her story at an event in Crown Heights.

by Yad L’Achim

Everyone faces trials and tribulations. But when we can hear and see firsthand how a Bas Yisrael overcomes unimaginable difficulties, it inspires us all to break through and surmount our challenges.

This coming week, in a series of special events for women in the New York area, people will have the opportunity to hear from an extraordinary woman.

Aliza, a Jewish woman who was trapped in an Arab village, had contacted Yad L’Achim, which put together a team to rescue her. After learning the husband’s daily routine, when he would be out of the house, and planning an escape route, with backup cars, the team waited for zero hour.

But then came a frantic call from Aliza. Her husband understood that something was amiss and became suspicious. “Come rescue me now,” she pleaded over the phone. “My husband is coming!!”

These words set into motion emergency procedures that saw all the carefully laid plans abandoned in order to save Aliza’s life. Her moving story of being extricated from danger and brought to a “safe house” in Eretz Yisrael brought thousands of Jewish women to hear her story in packed halls in Yerushalayim and Beit Shemesh.

The riveting drama, told in English by Aliza herself, prompted calls from the United States for speaking engagements here, to enable women in the New York area to be enlightened and inspired.

In response, Yad L’Achim is bringing Aliza to New York to tell her story in a limited number of very special events. The events will take place tonight AT THE LUBAVITCHER YESHIVA, 570 CROWN STREET, ON MONDAY MAY 18 AT 8 P.M.;

At the event, you will hear Aliza tell over her inspirational story. She will talk about what led her to leave the fold and move to the Arab village. She will share the abuses she was forced to endure as a Jewish woman. And, most movingly, she will reveal how the Jewish spark inside her never died out, how it was fanned into a flame and brought her to contact Yad L’Achim and make her break for freedom.

Aliza will speak about the process of rebuilding her life, materially and spiritually, and the life-changing lessons she has to share from her experience. The story is replete with illustrations of hashgacha pratis without which she would today still be trapped in an Arab village.

It is an event and experience that is not to be missed.

 In addition, a breathtaking film will be shown documenting the rescue of Dina bat Leah and her two children. Dina spent 28 years in an abusive marriage in Tulkarem, an Arab village under the control of the Palestinian Authority, before being rescued by Yad L’Achim.

Noted author and inspirational speaker Rav Dovid Goldwasser will also be appearing at all events, speaking on “The Secrets to Success in Life.”

The evenings will conclude with a film, being aired for the first time in the United States, that tells the story of Michal, recently rescued from Uzbekistan together with her children, who last month married a religious Jewish man. The moving film, a tale of hope, triumph and Hashem’s unending kindness, will leave not dry eye in the house.

Organizers of the events are reporting unprecedented demand for tickets and urge women to order in advance; seats are limited.

THE EVENINGS WILL BE HELD IN

IN CROWN HEIGHTS, AT LUBAVITCHER YESHIVA, 570 CROWN STREET, ON MONDAY MAY 18 AT 8 P.M.;

IN MONSEY, AT YESHIVA OF SPRING VALLEY BOYS, 121 COLLEGE ROAD, SUFFERN ON TUESDAY, MAY 19 AT 8 P.M.;

IN FLATBUSH, AT SLC SEPHARDIC LEBANESE CONGREGATION, 805 AVENUE T, ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 AT 8 P.M.

Admission is open to girls 18 and older.

For further information and to order tickets call 866-923-5224 or visit www.yadlachim.org

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4 Comments

  • dovid goldwasser

    Yad liachim might ve a great organization but dovid goldwasser is a terrible choice. Considering that he’s unger siruv of the crown heights beis din.
    Rav Sholom Dov Livshitz ZL woulda never have allowed such a choice. See this: http://www.goldwasserstory.blogspot.com

  • rbts

    we should have a system, that each person calls to remind a few others and ask them to walk together. I just forgot, it would have been great to get a call to remind me.
    wishing hatzlacha RABBA to this incredible organization, they should go mi chayal el chayal.