Operation Rachel, (Paperback)

<p><strong>Every family carries a story.</strong></p><p><strong>Some are whispered.</strong></p><p><strong>Some are buried.</strong></p><p><strong>And some wait decades to be found.</strong></p><p></p><p>In this sweeping multi-generational memoir, Shachar Elkayam unravels the most haunting mystery of his family's past: the disappearance of his aunt Rachel, a sixteen-year-old girl who vanished during the turbulence of 1948. For decades, her name was spoken only in hushed tones - a mixture of longing, shame, and unanswered questions.</p><p></p><p><strong>Then, decades later, a message arrives from Europe: </strong></p><p><strong>We found her. She's alive.</strong></p><p></p><p>What begins as a miracle becomes a profound journey across borders and identities - from Haifa to Damascus, Eindhoven to Gda&amp;#324;sk - weaving together forbidden love, cultural collisions, rediscovered kinship, and the emotional cost of belonging to more than one world.</p><p></p><p>As the family celebrates reunions, faces painful reckonings, and navigates the storms of modern conflict, the book becomes not only the story of Rachel - but of the people who searched for her, loved her, lost her, and tried to understand the choices she made.</p><p></p><p>A moving story about family, memory, identity, and the unbreakable threads that connect us - even after a lifetime apart.</p><p></p><p>Operation Rachel is the extraordinary true story of the search for a woman lost to history - and the breathtaking moment she is found living in Syria, a mother, a grandmother, and the keeper of her own remarkable secrets.</p>

• Operation Rachel, (Paperback)
• Author: Rega Books
• ISBN: 9788397805231
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-08
• Page Count: 244