Please join us for the eighth annual gathering of the Chicago chapter of Friends of ATZUM: Providing direct assistance to survivors of terror in Israel
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
7:00 p.m.
at the home of Lisa and Todd Fishbein
833 Kimballwood Lane, Highland Park
Please RSVP to
jcavanaugh@redsealhomes.com
We will be joined by
Rabbi Levi D. Lauer
Founding Executive Director, ATZUM
and
Yael & Micha Hershkovitz
Terror and Beyond: Relentless Memory, Old Wounds and New Dreams
About Yael Hershkovitz
Yael Hershkovitz, a practicing attorney, was born in 1977 in Ashdod and grew up in Jerusalem. Her army service was completed in the Ministry of Defense.
In 2004, on her way to work, Yael was gravely injured in a central Jerusalem, terrorist bus bombing that murdered 11 Israelis and injured many more. Gravely wounded, Yael
suffered facial burns and severe head, hearing and sight injuries and other wounds. She endured a lengthy hospitalization and prolonged, difficult rehabilitation, which included repeated surgeries to reconstruct her scalp, improve her eyesight and hearing, and repair extensive facial scarring.
Less than a year after the attack, with incalculable courage and determination, Yael began her BA studies in law and, soon after passing the qualifying exams and internship, began her LLM. In 2011, she married Micha Hershkovitz. They are currently living in San Diego where Micha is studying for an MBA and where, during the past year, Yael underwent three additional surgeries related to her hearing injury.
We are fortunate to have Yael and Micha as our guests to share their story.
