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Adopted at Age 91, A Holocaust Survivor Finds Love and Hope

By Ashira Weiss

April 29, 2020

Despairing caregiver finds support at Chabad

Patty Picarelli wasn’t very hopeful as she dialed the number for the Chabad Jewish Center of Barrie, Ontario.

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