Word: miriam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sisters' commitments to their religion and to the Jewish community are something that both have strengthened over the years. They grew up in Tampa, where their father worked as a doctor and their mother as a homemaker, but after they came to college their family moved to Israel, where Miriam and Beth now spend their vacations from school...
...were the ones who stopped them [from going] 20 years ago and we're the ones who brought them [there] 20 years later," Miriam says...
Their parents, who were strong Zionists, had been contemplating a move to Israel before Miriam and Beth were born, but put off plans once they learned they were having twins. Their family later decided to move after visiting the twins who were participating in summer programs in Israel...
...while their careers will now diverge even more, Beth and Miriam share a commitment to improving social conditions in Israel...
...Miriam hopes to explore the connections between Jewish and Arab culture at Cambridge and plans to pursue an academic career in this field...