Disabled adults find second family in group home

Tamir Appel scampers to his room to pull out a photo album of his latest trip to visit family in Israel. He sets it on the dining room table, where some of his housemates are gathered to talk about their daily life at the Ryzman Family Group Home for Men in Valley Village, one of three run by the Etta Israel Center, the only Jewish group homes on the West Coast.

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Julie Gruenbaum Fax

February 23, 2012

Tamir Appel scampers to his room to pull out a photo album of his latest trip to visit family in Israel.

He sets it on the dining room table, where some of his housemates are gathered to talk about their daily life at the Ryzman Family Group Home for Men in Valley Village, one of three run by the ” title=”Finding their place” target=”_blank”>Twentysomethings with special needs are mainstreaming themselves into independence

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