Chaya Ben Baruch
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Chaya Ben Baruch was born in New York but moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, as a young woman. It was there that her children were born, the youngest a child with Downs Syndrome. Chaya and her husband, Yisrael, decided that they wanted their son to grow up with a companion who had a similar life experience so they adopted a little girl who also experiences Downs Syndrome. | Chaya Ben Baruch was born in New York but moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, as a young woman. It was there that her children were born, the youngest a child with Downs Syndrome. Chaya and her husband, Yisrael, decided that they wanted their son to grow up with a companion who had a similar life experience so they adopted a little girl who also experiences Downs Syndrome. | ||
− | The family made aliyah in 1995 and in the intervening years their family expanded twice more to include two more Downs Syndrome children. | + | The family made aliyah in 1995 and in the intervening years their family expanded twice more to include two more Downs Syndrome children. Chaya studied for a degree in Chinese Medicine and then, to relieve some of the stress that comes from living in a family with four special needs children, began to experiment in glasswork. |
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− | Chaya studied for a degree in Chinese Medicine and then, to relieve some of the stress that comes from living in a family with four special needs children, began to experiment in glasswork. | + | |
== Inspiration == | == Inspiration == |