congregants at Temple Judea have taken on this role. I still drive from Aventura to Coral Gables every Shabbat to participate in Shabbat Services. Everyone has their tragedy to overcome. I have sometimes questioned why I am still here and someone told me that God has put me on this earth to do good deeds, which is what I have tried to do. I volunteer as a patient advocate twice a week at Memorial Hospital in Broward County in addition to the gifts I have made to the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Temple Judea through my will. Growing up in Miami during the Jim Crow Era, I remember when it was so not easy being Jewish. The Federation was an oasis in a desert, providing assistance to anyone in the Jewish community who was in need. My parents emigrated from Russia to the United States thanks to the lifesaving assistance they received from the Federation and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).
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