Dressed for ‘aliyah’ success: How a Chicago woman became a self-made fashion designer in Israel

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If someone created an award for a self-made olah, Daniella Farin, better known by her fashion designer name, Daniella Faye, would certainly be a contender.Farin was raised in a Modern Orthodox, Zionist home in Chicago. Nevertheless, her family visits to Israel at age three and again at age 13 barely made an impression. All that changed when she came to Israel at 15 for a six-week high school program at the end of her sophomore year, traveling with fellow students from her Jewish day school in