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Page 28 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN November-December 2006
Together,
we can make it
home again
JNF OPERATION NORTHERN RENEWAL
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challenges. You can help by sending your donation to
Operation Northern Renewal.
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the north and visit JNF summer camps. Now, help children
return to their normal lives through JNF’s Israeli Youth
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work and school. Now, help us build security roads by the Gaza border.
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words. We are continuing to respond to the needs of the
people of Israel.
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Thirteen-year-old promotes
peace in the home
Thirteen-year-old Samuel Feldman
wears a glow-in-the-dark wristband that
says STOP IT!—a powerful message that
refers to domestic violence and one that
Samuel hopes to get out into the community.
Samuel’s bar mitzvah was in October,
which is also National Domestic Violence
Awareness Month. As his mitzvah project,
Samuel designed and sold the wristbands
to raise money for the Shalom Bayit program.
The bracelets are $2 each or $5 for
three. They are purple and glow in the dark,
because Samuel believes “that’s when a lot
of domestic violence happens.” For more
information or to purchase the wristbands,
e-mail bigsampras@aol.com.
“My mother was a victim of domestic
violence,” Samuel says. “Shalom Bayit has
helped both of us, and I wanted to give
back, so I chose it for my mitzvah project.”
Samuel and Robin Feldman
Samuel’s mother, Robin Feldman, is an
outspoken advocate against domestic violence.
Robin co-chaired the Shalom Bayit
Conference last year and has been speaking
publicly for the past eight years to various
organizations, raising awareness and offering
support to so many. “I’m living proof
that you can keep going,” she says. Robin
has conveyed this important message to her
son.
Robin and Samuel have a history of
giving time to their community. They have
donated food for Jewish Family & Career
Services (JF&CS) food pantries in Seattle,
Dallas, and Atlanta. As a 2nd-grader in
Dallas, Samuel spearheaded a drive that
collected 5,000 paper bags for the food
bank. Last Passover, Robin donated the
Haggadot for the Shalom Bayit Seders.
She and Samuel have also been active
in JF&CS’ PAL (People are Loving) program.
Samuel was familiar with the program
because he had a PAL in Dallas prior
to moving to Atlanta four years ago. Both
his Dallas and Atlanta PALs attended his
bar mitzvah. “JF&CS has been good to us
and, as a result, we want to reciprocate by
helping others,” says Robin.
Robin hopes that her son will learn
from this project and gain a “lifelong desire
to make a difference through tikkun olam.”
She adds, “Hopefully, through this effort,
Samuel will have raised awareness about
this issue in our community, and he will
continue to make his own mark on the
world.”
Cigars for soldiers
Several months ago, Eddie Fields,
owner of the Dunwoody Cigar Merchant,
started a program called “Cigars for
Soldiers,” which sends cigars to the troops
in Iraq.
A box on the counter invites customers
to buy one extra cigar for the soldiers and
usually fills up at least once per week. To
date, the store has sent over sixteen boxes
(400 cigars) to Iraq.
“I was approached by Randy Kieffer,
who has a nephew in Iraq, and decided to
give it a try,” said Fields. “We currently
have so many cigars that we now send
them to several different divisions.”
Eddie Fields
If you would like to contribute, just stop
by the Cigar Merchant at 1404 Dunwoody
Village Parkway. (Phone: 770-671-1777.)