At 88, her second exodus

After failed bid in '47, Point Breeze woman will finally move to Israel By Abra Metz-Dworkin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Christopher Rolinson/The Jewish Chronicle Frances Greenberg, 88, of Squirrel Hill is moving to Israel after living in Pittsburgh for 59 years. On July 21, Frances Greenberg will realize a dream she has kept close to heart for 61 years. At age 88, she is making final preparations to emigrate from her Point Breeze home to become a citizen of Israel. She will do so under the premise of aliyah, which guarantees all Jews a "right of return" to Israel and immediate Israeli citizenship upon immigration. Mrs. Greenberg's move mirrors a journey she attempted in 1947 as a survivor of the Holocaust, when she departed for Palestine on a ship called the Exodus, whose ill-fated trip was depicted in a Leon Uris novel and a... [read full story]