“Aleph”: Aliya from St. Petersburg as baby, model at 9, gold medal athlete,
BA at 19 and IAF wings 21
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA 19 May 2012

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Yediot Ahronot 14.5.2012 features an article about “Aleph”.

Her family immigrated from St. Petersburg 20 years ago and live in Afula.

Under IDF rules the name and photo of pilots are not made public.

The paper reports that from age 9 “Aleph” has been featured as a model in
advertising campaigns of major Israeli chains such as Fox and Honigman.

She is also a gold medal athlete.

She graduated from high school at age 16 and at age 19 already completed a
BA in computer science and information systems.

Since she already has a BA she is slated to get her IAF wings now after only
two years.

The photo was taken when her brother visited the base to celebrate his bar
mitzvah.