Matilda Israel with Matilda and Leontina Israel

This is a picture of me and my two granddaughters Matilda (in the middle) and Leontina, taken in my apartment in Sofia on Rosh Hashanah 2000. They are the daughters of Michel Israel, my younger son. His older daughter, Matilda, was born in 1973 and is named after me. The younger one was born in 1981 and is named after my husband's mother. My older granddaughter Matilda has been living in Israel for four years. She is working as a psychologist in a hospital in Petah Tikva. She is not married. Although our family is small, it is a very moving moment when all the family gathers on Pesach - Marcel comes from Spain and Matilda from Israel. Since Marcel, my older son, has no children of his own, he is very close to his brother's children and loves them like his own. They are also very attached to him. Leontina lives in Sofia. She is studying philosophy at Sofia University.