Bea Gold’s first trip to Israel in 1967 was full of hope and fear.

The trip "was an amazing experience for both my husband, Leo, and me,” the 102-year-old recalled recently. “Landing in Tel Aviv awakened an emotional surge we were unprepared for and became the catalyst for our involvement in Jewish causes.”

Among the last group to leave Israel before the start of the Six-Day War, the Golds left certain “that our beautiful Israel would be destroyed.”

Now, turning 103 on Jan. 30 and living in Boca Raton, Bea Gold remembers her relief when she returned to Israel after that first trip...

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A very beautiful story........