For Jewish teens, building houses
in Nicaragua offers purpose
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| Brian Harris |
| Jewish teens from Westchester county in New York help build houses in La Francia de Ticuantepe, Nicaragua, Feb. 21. |
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By Brian Harris
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Published: 03/01/2007
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Aching from lugging cinder blocks and not having seen a flush toilet in days, a group of Jewish teenagers from the New York City suburbs could have been forgiven for complaining about building simple houses in a rural Nicaraguan outpost. But the only complaints they offered were about their own upper-middle-class lifestyles back home and the short duration of their stay.
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