Rafael and Ganka Beraha with their grandson Avishay and Ganka's brother Todor Pashkov

This is my family - my wife Ganka Penkova Beraha, nee Pashkova and I with our grandson Avishay Beraha and Ganka's brother Todor Pashkov. The photo was taken in Ruse in 1999. Avishay is the younger of the two sons of Vladimir, my elder son. On this photo I already had my first stroke - on 30th October 1999. I had my second stroke on 24th June 2001. Vladimir's family lives in Bat Yam, Israel. Avishay was born in 1991. At the moment he studies in the sixth grade in a high school in Israel. Every summer Avishay spends his vacation with us in Ruse. Ganka's brother Todor Penov Pashkov was born in 1937 in the village of Galiche, Vratsa region, Bulgaria. Todor graduated from the secondary technical school in Ruse. He worked as technologist in ship construction. Their sister Pavlina Penova Karaslavova, nee Pashkova was also born in Galiche, in 1929. Pavlina lived in Kazanlak. She retired there as a teacher in Bulgarian language and literature.