Letters from Rifka

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Across
  1. 4. a deadly illness Rifka's entire family contracted
  2. 7. a little boy Rifka help at Ellis island
  3. 9. Rifka's brother who escaped the Russian army
  4. 11. symbol of Judaism
  5. 12. makes the main character lose her hair
  6. 15. Rifka's cousin
Down
  1. 1. One of Rifka's brothers who went to the US before she was born
  2. 2. humanitarian organization that helps displaced Jewish faimilies
  3. 3. One of Rifka's brothers who went to the US before she was born
  4. 5. young sailor who fall off ship
  5. 6. state in Russia
  6. 8. Rifka's brother who is married
  7. 10. the main character
  8. 13. Rifka's brother who she is closest with and is with her the entire book
  9. 14. a large boat which each of Rifka's family members traveled to the US on