After discovering that her mother had Jewish roots, Tania Leontieff who had spent her childhood in a Gypsy tribe on the frozen plains of Siberia, immigrated to Israel alone, converted & is to become a policewoman assigned to the Jerusalem district.
By Daniel Siryoti
At only 19, Tania Leontieff of Safed has an interesting life story. As the daughter of an itinerant Gypsy (Roma) family, most of her life was spent moving from place to place around eastern Europe. Four years ago, Leontieff discovered that she had Jewish roots and made the bold decision to move to Israel alone. She was recently drafted into the Israel Police and become Israel’s first Gypsy policewoman.
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