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With thousands of dollars in donations,
UJC helps heals Va. Tech wounds

Lindsay Katona

The Virginia Tech Hillel and Blacksburg Jewish Community Center on April 17.

By Jacob Berkman

Published: 04/30/2007

Two weeks after the massacre at Virginia Tech, the national Jewish community is helping Jews on campus and in the surrounding town of Blacksburg to heal.

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