Saralea Zohar Aaron, Zohar Aaron

Saralea Zohar grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and graduated with distinction from the Whidden School of Nursing in 1965. During her first trip to Israel (1968-69) she obtained international reciprocity as a State Registered Nurse. At the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 she returned to Israel and served as a triage nurse in some of the war's bloodiest battles. In 1974, Saralea married Simon Aaron in Jerusalem, and in 1975 gave birth to their daughter, Ruth. After traveling in India she returned to the U.S., where she has been active in aiding Native Americans and Ethiopian Jewry.