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‘Bringing voice to the voiceless’: Former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel heal through helping others 

JL;DR SUMMARY Aviva and Keith Siegel, former hostages held in Gaza, have transformed their traumatic experiences into a commitment to humanitarian aid, most recently volunteering in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp with IsraAid. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Humanitarian AidJewish ValuesIsraaidTikkun OlamGaza HostagesPost Traumatic GrowthKenyaKeith SiegelAviva SiegelKakuma Refugee Camp

Places mentioned

Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Southern District, Israel
"Keith and Aviva Siegel have seen the horrors of war up close and personal torn from their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza and taken hostage deep into Gaza"
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"taken hostage deep into Gaza, where Aviva would spend nearly two months"
Kenya
"what they would encounter at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya"
South Sudan
"people have fled from places such as South Sudan"
Somalia
"people have fled from places such as South Sudan, Somalia"
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
"people have fled from places such as South Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo"
New York, United States
"Jewish Insider from New York"
Washington DC, United States
"from Kenya, the Siegels flew to Washington"

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