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Aaron and Rachel Chesner
As we prepare to celebrate Israeli Independence Day, I remember my parents’ journey 85 years ago to a life in the Promised Land and everything they did to help others achieve that goal.
Aaron Chesner was born in Terisk, Ukraine, but his life began when he met my mother, Rachel, at Warsaw University. He was 18 and studying dentistry. She studied accounting. He told me that love at first sight compelled him to follow her to Serock, Poland, the