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Article: BERTHA STERN, 90 - From New York to Jerusalem
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- March 31, 2006
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HELGA ABRAHAM
Jerusalem Post
03-31-2006
Headline: BERTHA STERN, 90 - From New York to Jerusalem
Byline: HELGA ABRAHAM
Edition; Up Front
Section: Features
Page: 47
Friday, March 31, 2006 -- Looking at Bertha Stern, it is hard to imagine that this soft-spoken, petite lady has been through two major upheavals in her life: fleeing Germany at the age of 20 to start a new life on her own in America and immigrating to Israel, again on her own, at the age of 88.
"I never look back," she says. "I am satisfied with everything I have and am determined to enjoy every moment."
FAMILY HISTORY
Bertha grew up in a traditional Orthodox family in Fulda, Germany, where her father ran a butcher shop and her mother ...