A 101-year-old great-grandfather living in Ottawa was reunited with his sister after a separation of more than 80 years. Benjamin Feinstein and Sara Pyatigorsky hugged and wept when they were brought together recently in his small apartment in the Canadian capital. It was the first time they had seen each other since he left Russia in 1919.
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