A vacuum that cannot be filled

How do you carry on when a loved one disappears without a trace?

A notice showing Adi Yaakobi, who has been missing since 1996, held by her mother, Betty Yaakobi, who died of cancer in 2012

A notice showing Adi Yaakobi, who has been missing since 1996, held by her mother, Betty Yaakobi, who died of cancer in 2012

(photo credit: RAANAN COHEN)

BySAAR VARDI

JANUARY 12, 2017 12:51

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