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Troubled teens say thanks for life-changing support

Two young Israelis paid tribute to Emunah's assistance at a London dinner for the welfare charity

November 10, 2017 13:51
Yakir and Elisha with Jeremy Vine
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Two Israeli children from troubled backgrounds received a standing ovation for their duet at the London dinner of the charity  which has supported them.

Elisha and Yakir, who live in Emunah’s Neve Landy village for traumatised children, sang for 350 British Emunah guests in Hebrew, ahead of their performance with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Jerusalem later this year.

Yakir, 15, was the subject of British Emunah’s appeal video in 2015. He then revealed that he had not attended school for two years from the age of nine in order to care for his parents, who had mental health problems.

Through an interpreter, he told the JC: “It has always been my dream to be a singer and we have a music teacher at Neve Landy. It has changed everything for me. I would like to one day come back to London to sing again professionally.”