Jewish great-grandmother returns from Syria

Rachel Elkayam last saw her family 68 years ago when she left Haifa for Syria with the Arab family that she had married into. She always wanted to return but it wasn’t until her grandson contacted the Israeli embassy in London that she was able to leave Syria.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/after-68-years-a-syrian-great-grandmother-comes-home-to-her-jewish-family-in-israel/

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