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Yolanda Papini Pollock who is a volunteer with Jewish groups whove raised close to $120,000 to sponsor Yazidi refugees the persecuted religious minority thats been targeted by ISIS , chased out of Iraq. Their sponsors are worried about the fate of Yazidis languishing in refugee camps in Turkey where they are reviled. Jews like Yolanda, whos dad was saved from the Nazis in Italy when his family was hidden in a monastery and her mom in Libya who was hidden by Muslims, say theyre driven to help the Yazidis whove been persecuted because of their religion and arent welcome anywhere else. Carol Sanders story. November 9, 2015 - (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press)
