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 Sarah Aharonson was born to Malka and Ephraim Fishel in 1890.She grew up in Zichron Yaakov, Palestine, which at the time was a province of the Turkish-ruled Empire. Sarah was a member of Nili-a ring of Jewish spies working for the British in World War I. Sometimes she is referred to as the "Heroine of Nili ".

 Sarah grew up in Zichron Yaakov, Later she got married with a Jew from Turkey, and she moved to Istanbul, the capital city of Turkey.  When WWI started Sarah decided to come back because she wanted to help her family who was not in a good situation because of WWI.  When Sarah was on her way home to Israel from Istanbul, she saw the Turks killing Armenians and torturing them. Sarah identified with them because the Turks were hurtful in the same way to the people in Palestine.  When Sarah returned to Zichron she heard about the organization "Nili", which was established by her brother Aaron and Avshalom Feinberg.Sara spied with them for the British.Sarah believed that the British victory will bring better condition for the Jews.  When Avshalom was killed and her brother was abroad Sarah spied with Yosef Lishansky (another member of Nili). At that time she managed Nili's issues. Sarah transferred very important information to British agents on the other side of the beach. Sometimes she had to walk great distances in the Turkish Empire since the information had to be transferred to Egypt.  The information was transferred by a small British spying ship that sailed between Egypt to Atilt. Sometimes, the ship transferred people, money and equipment in secretly.

 Sara wasn't afraid because she knew that she was doing a very important mission. It was very important for her and she was very involved in the spying after the Turks. In one of those days Sarah had to move to spy in Egypt. After two months Sara came back to Palestine although the dangerous risk.

 Sarah had to return because she knew that one day the Turks will come to the experiment station in Atlit and destroy Aaron's scientific collection.  Therefore, she dedicated her time to hide the collection. Another reason of Sarah's return was that Sarah felt bad to be alive if other people in Palestine were in danger. When Sara came back to Zichron she sends a carrier pigeon to her brother. However the pigeon got caught by the Turks who discovered Nili and caught Sarah. The Turks tortured Sarah because she didn’t tell them the big secrets of Nili.  Sarah succeeded to save the secrets till she died because she knew that she was doing the right thing. Sarah took responsibility even when it was a life and death situation.  After a few days of torturing, Sarah decided to commit suicide because she was very afraid that she would tell the secrets of Nili because the Turks tortured her and she thought that she won't be able to stand the torturing. Another reason of Sarah's suicide is that she didn't want to be murdered by the Turks.  Sarah shoted herself in her mouth. She was very injured, therfore she was moved to the hospital. After a few days she passed away.

 Sara Aaronson was an amazing woman. Thanks to her and others like her we have our own state. She dreamed about this country, and after years, we succeeded in fulfilling her dream.  We believe that the dream isn't over. It just continues.

=Identity Card=

** Full name: ** Sarah Aaronson
 * Parent's Names: ** Malka and Ephraim Fishel


 * Year of birth: ** 1890


 * Where Born: ** Zichron Yaakov


 * Involved in: ** The Nili organization


 * Location: ** Israel


 * What she is famous for? **

A spy for the British

=Interview=

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 1. Were you afraid when you were a spy for the British? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> I wasn't afraid because I knew that I was doing a very important mission. It was very important to me and I was very involved in the spying after the Turks.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 2. ** **Which people spied with you at the start of Nili and with whom did you have a special connection?** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> My brother-Aaron and Avshalom Feinberg spied with me. I had a special connection with Avshalom. When he died, I said, "If Avshalom was with us now he would be elated for what we've done". I was very sad that he wasn't with us.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 3. Why did you get your nickname **** "Heroine of ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** Nili."? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> I got this nickname because when the Turks caught me and tortured me I didn't tell the secrets and I preferred to be killed than to tell the secrets.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 4. Why did you come back to Israel (to Zichron Yaakov)? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: top;"> I came back to help my family that was in serious condition because of WWI.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 5. Why did you identify with the enemies of the Turkish? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> When I was on my way home to Israel from Istanbul, I saw the Turks killing Armenians and torturing them. I identified with them because the Turks were hurtful in the same way to the people in Israel.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 6. When your brother left Israel and **** Avshalom Feinberg **** was killed you were spying with Yosef Lishansky –what was your role? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> I transferred very important information to British agents on the other side of the beach. Sometimes I had to walk great distances in the Turkish empire since the information had to be transferred to Egypt. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> The information was transferred by a small British spying ship that sailed between Egypt to Atilt. Sometimes, the ship transferred people, money and equipment in secretly.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 7. **** Why did you return to Zichron Yaakov even though you knew that the Turks could catch you? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> I had to return because I knew that one day the Turks will come to the experiment station in Atlit and as a result of this visit Aaron's scientific collection will be destroyed. Therefore, I dedicated my time to hide the collection. Another reason was that I felt bad to be alive if other people here were in danger.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 8. How did you succeed to save your secrets even though the Turks **** tortured you? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> I knew that I was doing the right thing. You need to take responsibility when you become a spy, even when it's a life and death situation.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 9. Why did you decide to commit suicide? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> I was very afraid that I would tell the secrets of Nili because the Turks tortured me and I thought that I won't be able to stand the torturing. Another reason is that I didn't want to be murdered by the Turks.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 10. What happened to you when you shut yourself in the bathroom? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> I was moved to the hospital, because I was very injured and after a few days I passed away.

=**Speech**=

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> Dear friends! <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> We want to talk to you about Zionism and the significance of a specific woman. This woman is Sarah Aaronson. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> You've probably heard about her.

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> Sarah was a very brave woman who donated a lot to the Jewish nation. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> During her lifetime, the Turks controlled Palestine. She was a member of Nili, an organization of young people who wanted to help the British conquer Palestine from the Turks. She was a spy in World War One for the British because she thought that if the British will be controlling Palestine the condition of the Jews will be better and then they will receive autonomy in Israel. Sarah believed in the Jewish nation, and that the Jewish nation deserves their own state. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> She was a hero even more then a soldier in a bloody fight, because when the Turks caught her, they tortured her almost until death, but still she didn't tell the critical secrets of Nili. We can't even describe her courage. We just want to say that thanks to her self sacrifice and others like her, we live in Israel today. Imagine that you live in Sara's lifetime .You have two options. One option is to live your life normally and the other option is to live your life by giving yourself to your nation, with knowledge that every moment you can be caught, tortured, and killed. What would you choose? <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> Sarah believed in Zionism and we think that the Zionism is still alive! <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> We think that we can implement Zionism in our life. Look around us. Sara's dream came true. We have our own state and government .We believe that we should follow in her footsteps. Maybe you are thinking how we can achieve this goal this ? <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> We think that in our life we need to do things for our nation: <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> to volunteer ,to do national service ,to be a leader in a youth movement ,and even being better to the people around us. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> So get up, and look what our nation needs to make it better!

=Reflection=

<span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 1.Here you must explain what you have learned about the subject (in short). ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> We learned a lot about the time in Israel when other authorities were ruling, and we learned about people who contributed their life to the Jewish nation. <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 2.Then you explain what you learned from working on the project. ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> We learned writing skills, vocabulary level and English language skill. <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">** 3.What was difficult for you in the paper? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> It was difficult for us to write –because we aren't experienced in this skill. it was hard hard to use our vocabulary in English and to write in English and to write in English <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** a. Did you have enough time for the paper? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> Yes, we did. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** b. Did you get enough help and support from your teacher? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> She was very busy. We got enough help even though we were happy to get some more. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** c. Did you understand the instructions? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> Yes, we did. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">** d. Were the assignments clear and fair? ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> Yes, they were. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> **5. Choose one of the following:** <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-family: Arial; padding-bottom: 25pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">We enjoyed working on this project because we learned a lot about Sara's amazing personality. She is a real hero! <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; padding-bottom: 25pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">We think that to learn about her is the smallest thing we can do to thank her and to others like her

=Rationale=

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">The class chose to do a project on Women of Valor and w e chose to do our project about Sara Aaronson .We think that Sarah was a hero because she gave her life in order for us to have a Jewish state in Israel and we think it's very exciting. Sarah lived for her values and we think she was a very special woman!

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