US couple makes Aliyah with a pony and a dream

After serving in US military, Robert Shurtleff says he is no longer afraid of wars but was moved to tears upon arrival in Israel with his wife Jennifer and their therapy horse from Colorado; they plan to start a small farm in Kfar Tavor.

Robert and Jennifer Shurtleff landed in Israel knowing they were going to be reunited not only with their daughter, who moved here about a decade ago, but also with their pony, Turk who had been in quarantine. 

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