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…Sandy Lada, NCJW- GDS vice president, Joyce Sherman and Birmingham Temple members assemble sandwiches for Detroiters in need. Food For The Hungry Birmingham Temple volunteers prepare, deliver lunches in Detroit. Diana Lieberman Special to the Jewish News p overty and hunger are ongoing problems. However, people's attention often turns elsewhere after the holiday season. Yet for the past four years, members of the Birmingham Temple have ...…
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