"One of the greatest challenges we faced when we made Aliyah was the language barrier. I was a ten-year-old girl and struggled to learn Hebrew, but my parents found it even harder, and so I had to become their spokesperson and advocate. We would go to the social services with my parents, and as a little girl I would be the one telling the government official âwe donât have a blanket, we need this or that.â Even once we left the maâabarah and moved to the city, there would often be a line outside my house, as I would write letters for people who didnât know how to write themselves."
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