A Jewish orphan rescued from the Chechen war by the Jewish Agency for Israel was scheduled to arrive in Israel on Tuesday. The orphan known only as Natasha, along with 44 other children and 10 caregivers from her orphanage, will receive four months of rest and rehabilitation at an Israeli youth village run by Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America.
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