KIDS Issue 900 · February 23, 2022

The Victorious Tortoises

The Kens survived terror and trauma to build a home of endurance and faith

The Victorious Tortoises

After a terrible car accident left Eliezer with permanent disabilities, he and Ariella were determined to persevere. Today, 18 years later, the beautiful family they’re raising is living proof of the power of endurance and faith.

Miraculous Move

Ariella’s determination to retain positivity and gratefulness where others would see trauma and horror didn’t start only after her husband’s car accident.

Born in the United States, the youngest of four siblings, Ariella was four years old when her family made aliyah and settled in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Romema.

In 2003, Ariella was 25 years old and working as a speech therapist when she experienced what she calls “my personal miracle of when I was saved.” She’d enrolled in a course to learn sign language, and got on the 14 Alef bus headed toward the central part of the city to get to her class.

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