As you fast this Yom Kippur,
remember that 13 million American children
will not break their fast at sundown.
ingful way, thanks to the devotion and
loving guidance of the incredible people
who comprise the Friendship Circle..
Like most Jewish parents, having a
bat mitzvah for my oldest daughter was
something I always planned and want-
ed to do. After Molly was diagnosed at
a young age with autism and a garden
variety of other developmental disabili-
ties, I realized that, like almost every-
thing else, it was not something that
was going to happen easily and natural-
ly. It never seemed to be the right time
or the right situation to accommodate
her many special needs.
When the Friendship Circle staff
suggested a group &nai mitzvah cele-
bration with other teenagers Molly and
I have known for years, I knew instant-
ly this was the ideal time and the per-
fect situation.
I wondered how such an event could
Our ancestors left the
corners of their fields for
the poor and the stranger.
What will you leave?
By donating to MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger what you would have spent to feed yourself and
your family on Yom Kippur, you join thousands of Jews from across the country who, in an extraordi-
nary act of Jewish pluralism, are raising funds and collecting food to combat hunger.
Your tax-deductible donation will support MAZON's grantmaking to programs that provide critical as-
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Bat mitzvah Molly Grier
be pulled together in such a short time;
but I quickly learned that commitment
and dedication can accomplish mira-
cles, and watching Molly, Lauren,
Stephanie and Danny perform their
mitzvot was miraculous in every sense
of the word.
When I got up to speak on Friday
night, having just heard my daughter
say the blessings over the candles and
the challah, seeing the excited smile on
her face and feeling the love that virtu-
ally permeated the room, it was hard to
find the words to say; and I was glad
that most of the time I am a writer
instead of a public speaker. Fortunately,
it was one of those times when the sim-
ple words, "thank you," say it all. ❑
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VSHANAH TOVAH!
Marcia and Stanley Freedman
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