Estee Lauder Companies recently donated an estimated $100,000 worth of cosmetics to a community devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The products went to members of Congregation Beth Israel in Biloxi, Miss., and other Jewish and non-Jewish members of the community, following an appeal for gifts.
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