Hundreds of volunteers are expected to distribute food to needy Jewish families in Philadelphia in honor of the victims of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. The Jewish Relief Agency, a new nonprofit affiliated with the Lubavitch movement and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, is coordinating Sunday’s event, calling it “The Last Big Mitzvah of 5761.”
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