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Simons Reclaims life with help from JFCS
By Deborah Moon Seldner
Jewish Review

Nearly three years after he stepped into a busy street not caring if he reached the other side, John Simons is ready to begin a new life in Israel, thanks to the assistance he has received from Jewish Family and Child Service.

"Without Jewish Family and Child Service, God only knows what would have happened to me," said Simons, 55. With that help, Simons now plans to make aliyah within the month and start a new life in Israel as Yoni Reuben, creator of a human relations teaching program for teens.

Quoting Winston Churchill after Britain's victory over Nazi Germany at El Alamein, Egypt, in 1942, he said, "Now, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

At an age when many people are worrying about their 401(k) retirement plans, Simons is looking at the end of one life and the beginning of a new life.

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