Felia and Yefim are a married couple and both are Holocaust survivors. Both lost many family members and loved ones during the war or from the brutality of the Nazis. As Yefim says, “We survived, but not without grief.”
They made the choice to move to Israel with their two children and opened a grocery store in Sderot. “For fifteen years, it was our pride,” says Felia. But on October 7, 2023, everything changed. “It was six in the morning when our son called and said, ‘do not open the gate, there are terrorists in the city.’ We looked outside and armed men were walking along our fence. They pulled on the gate. It was locked. They moved on,” explains the couple.
The couple tells us how they evacuated as little children during World War II, and during the current war were forced to evacuate due to Hamas attacks.
But thankfully, this time, the couple isn’t alone – faithful friends around the world support them and love them. This past Passover, a Fellowship volunteer and injured IDF soldier delivered a holiday food box to the elderly couple. This was their first Passover since returning home to Sderot.
They say, “We’ve been through so much. Evacuation, war, loss, aliyah… and now this war. This fear, it’s different. It settles in your bones … We’re deeply touched by the support of The Fellowship.”
