IT’S a long way from Jerusalem to Tamworth and the Leibensons may have taken the longest route possible.
Husband-wife surgical duo Max and Lilach Leibenson are committed to sticking around in Tamworth for the long term, but there were a few stopovers before landing in town.
From Beersheba in the Israeli desert treating war casualties to Sydney, then Bathurst and Mildura, the Leibensons have now found a home in Tamworth.
Lilach, a gynecologist at Tamworth hospital, said it was an easy decision to stay.
“We were looking at a place where we both could work and we found a place that really needs both of us,” she said.
Read the full article by Jacob McArthur at The Northern Daily Leader.