I was born on December 5, 1881 in Dinabourg to my father, Avrom Izaak Medalia and my mother, Pessie Rabinowitz Medalia,the eighth child of a family of five sisters and three brothers. My eldest brother was Bernard, the next elder brother Jacob, and my five sisters were Ethel, Vivian (Chaia), Milka, Rebecca and Jacqueline.