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Rivki Rabinowitz on growing up in Russia and facing challenges
The 'Hitnaari' podcast, hosted by Hava Hachemian, recently featured Rivki Rabinowitz discussing her unique upbringing. She shared details about growing up in Russia and Siberia as the daughter of a rabbi engaged in outreach work. Rabinowitz recounted the difficulties of being Jewish in a non-Jewish environment, adolescent loneliness, and her later move to a boarding school in Israel at age fifteen, where she faced social exclusion.