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Gregory and Marianne Nudel arrived in the U.S. from Russia with little more than the clothes on their backs. Jewish Family Services helped find them a place to live, a place to study English and even their first jobs. Now, Gregory works two jobs, the second one "for fun." Marianne is working and going to school. They were confident they'd never need help again.
Until six months ago. Gregory's mother, a pediatrician living alone in Russia, suddenly became the target of anti-Semitic attacks: Graffiti scrawled across her front door, her mail burned. When she was physically attacked, Gregory turned to federation again. Dr. Nudel arrived in January.