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“Daddy Ochberg”. Isaac Ochberg (center) with his rescued orphans in 1921 in Eastern Europe before leaving for South Africa.
If a coronavirus pandemic threatens the world’s population today, one hundred years ago it was typhoid that menaced the lives of some 400,000 Jewish orphans in Eastern Europe. Not only typhoid but also a far more lethal disease seemingly devoid of any cure, anti-Semitism.
Va. woman with leukemia receives support from community college to further her education Virginia woman Brianna Haynes is receiving help from Piedmont Virginia Community College to pursue her dreams of becoming a radiation oncologist. (Source: WHSV) By Chelsea Church | December 20, 2020 at 4:28 PM EST - Updated December 20 at 10:50 PM
WAYNESBORO, Va. (WHSV) At 15 years old, Brianna Haynes went to the hospital to have her gallbladder removed, which ultimately led her to find out that she had chronic myeloid leukemia.
“At first, I was in denial. I was healthy my whole life. Out of nowhere, I get leukemia,” Haynes said. “It made me sad, but then I was like, I got this for a reason. God did this for a reason, so I made the best out of it.”