A 19-year-old Israeli girl has told an Emunah audience how the charity’s welfare work in Israel transformed her life.
Addressing the 400 guests at Emunah’s 80th anniversary dinner at London’s Guildhall on Tuesday, Naomi Daniel spoke affectionately about her time at its Bet Elazraki children’s home in Netanya following the death of her mother.
“My parents came to Israel from Ethiopia and I was born there,” she said. “I was nine-years-old when mum died and I came to Bet Elazraki with my two younger sisters, who still live there. At first, it was really hard to be away from home but I began to feel part of a family again at Bet Elazraki. They always looked after me and gave me the courage to achieve my dreams.”
She had given up a place on the Israeli version of Pop Idol to spend a year in London as a classroom helper at the Independent Jewish Day School in Hendon.
