From: hem@warlock.col400.att.com (Hillel Markowitz)
Subject: appeal for help
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I am posting the following appeal to this list because it seems to be
related to the issue of civil liberties.  It consists of a series of
posting on a number of different mailing lists and groups in order to
include all the information available.  I do not subscribe to this
newsgroup but am asking you to read it and give it as wide a
distribution as you can.

Thanks,

Hillel Markowitz    H_Markowitz@att.com

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Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:54:04 CST
From:         pielet@INLAND.COM
Subject:      Pidyon Shevuyim -- Redemption of Captives
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bs'd

I received the following today from Yosh Mantiband, a good and trusted friend
in Israel.

Please help in any way you can.

Thank you and Happy Chanukah.

Howie Pielet   Internet: pielet@inland.com  (East Chicago, Indiana, USA)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Howie -

I'm going to do something I don't usually do.  I'm going to make
a pitch for you to help somebody in trouble in the US.

You have probably heard about the two orthodox Jews from Israel
(formerly from USA) who are accused of conspiracy to murder and are
in jail in San Jose.  I don't know how much you know about the case,
but it happens that one of the brothers is a friend of mine.  I have
written up an appeal which I am distributing by e-mail and I have
attached a copy below.

I hope you can contribute some money towards their legal fees and also
try to get others to help out.  Please tell the people that know me
that this is a personal appeal from _me_, too.

Their sister and brother-in-law are currently staying in California
while trying to straighten out the mess that the Feld Brothers have
gotten into.  They live in New York, but are staying at a Holiday Inn
and are using a mobile phone to stay in touch.  Their name is Nina
and Zvi Dagan.  They have a baby who is just a few weeks old.  If you
want to call them to ask any questions or find out what other help
they need, here is their number out in California: 415-640-0197.

Here is the appeal I wrote up.  If you think it will help, print it
out and show it around and talk to people about it.

Thanks a lot for doing whatever you can.

Best,
Yosh

Reply-To: cm406@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (J. Y. Yosh Mantinband)

Here's the appeal:

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From: Yehoshua Mantinband
Subject: URGENT - Pidyon Shevuyim - the Feld Brothers
Date: December 20, 1992

This past Shabbat in shul I was shocked to learn that Rabbi Avraham
and Yisrael Feld had been arrested a few weeks ago and are facing a
charge of conspiracy to murder.  They have been held for over three
weeks in San Jose, California.  So far, no one has pressed charges,
including the people they allegedly were to murder.  Nonetheless, the
police and prosecutor seem determined to press on, despite the
unraveling of one theory after another and the numerous letters on
their behalf that have arrived from noted rabbis, politicians and
community leaders.

Although I have never met Yisrael, I do know Avraham Feld.  I first
met Avraham and Sara Feld when we made Aliyah and were living with
them at a Merkaz Klita (immigrant absorption center).  Since then I
have been in touch on and off and followed Avraham's work through
mutual friends and occasional newspaper articles.  In all the time I
have known him, he has devoted his life to helping people, ranging
from outcasts of society to battered women, abused children, unwed
mothers, the homeless, drug addicts and others.  He is also active in
family counseling.  He founded a non-profit organization, Mossad
Maccabee, which provides a framework for his projects and the
volunteers who assist him.  A few years ago his rehabilitation work
was the subject of a BBC documentary.

I do not fully understand the circumstances which led to Avraham and
Yisrael being accused of this horrendous crime.  There are aspects of
it which I have seen in the papers which raise questions to which I
do not know all the answers.  But it is inconceivable to me that
people who have spent their lives helping and rescuing people as
Avraham and Yisrael have, could be even remotely associated with such
a plot.

I am not alone in this feeling.  People who know them better than I
have risen to their defense.  The list of people I know have written
letters on their behalf include:

        - Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, the Rishon Le'Tzion, Chief
          Rabbi of Israel
        - Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat (formerly of
          Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York)
        - Rabbi Noach Weinberg, Rosh HaYeshiva of Aish HaTorah
        - Rabbi Ravitz, Member of Knesset
        - Uri Lopiansky, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem
        - Nissim Zeevi, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem

        ...and many others.

Rabbi Eliyahu and others have invoked the Mitzvah of Pidyon Shevuyim
(redeeming captives) on their behalf.  This mitzvah is more important
than all other forms of tzedakah (charity).

The Felds have been held for over three weeks in prison with
hardened, convicted criminals.  They have been denied basic rights
which are supposedly guaranteed to pre-trial detainees.  A local
Chabad rabbi has tried to supply them with kosher food, but was
refused.  They are subsisting on liquids and raw fruits and
vegetables.  They are held in handcuffs, making it impossible for
them to put on tefillin.  The conditions, as I understand, are
everything you have heard about American prisons and worse.

There are two immediate ways you can help:

1) Provide moral support.  Write letters and let them know that you
   are working on their behalf.  The more letters that arrive at the
   prison, the more the authorities will know that these are not
   people whose basic rights can be trampled on with impunity.

   Their addresses in prison are:

   for Avraham:                      for Yisrael:

     Rabbi Austin Feld                 Scott Feld
     9296109                           9296110
     885 N. San Pedro                  885 N. San Pedro
     San Jose, CA   95110-1772         San Jose, CA   95110-1772

2) Most important and VERY urgent - help pay for the huge legal fees
   they need to defend themselves.  Make a contribution and ask
   everyone you know to contribute also.  Time is very critical as
   they need to raise all the money in the next few days.

   Below I have appended an appeal (originally appeared on the
   letterhead of The American Friends of Maccabee Institute
   Foundation) which tells how.  Remember, this mitzvah of Pidyon
   Shevuyim is the most important tzedakah you can perform.  Please
   don't delay.

Tizku l'mitzvoth,
Yosh Mantinband

P.S.  Please redistribute this appeal, or your own, to as many people
as you can.

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     THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MACCABEE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
 205 Center St., Williston Park, NY 11596    Tel: (516) 741-8085

                                                December, 1992
                                                Kislev, 5753

Dear Friend,

Recently, an unfortunate matter has befallen The Maccabee Institute
and we find ourselves having to turn to people with whom we have
rarely, if ever, had any contact.

The Maccabee Institute was founded by Rabbi Avraham Feld in 1976.
Last month Avraham went to the Unites States to participate in the
brit of his sister's first son.  Several days later, his brother,
Yisrael, joined him.

After the celebration, the Felds decided to do some desperately needed
fund-raising for Maccabee in the U.S.  They chose to begin on the
West Coast, combining their tour with a mission to help settle the
social and psychological problems of a Jewish family in California,
the daughter of which is presently studying in Israel.  Through a
very bizarre series of events, the Feld brothers were arrested in
California for allegedly conspiring to murder the parents of that
family.

Obviously, this event has put tremendous pressure on the few other
senior staff members of Mossad Maccabee, not only to keep the daily
activities and programs running smoothly, but in the endless efforts
being made to expedite Avraham and Yisrael's return.

Avraham, who is a certified Rabbi and holds an MA degree in
Psychology, is a man who has lived his life for the good of humanity.
He is one of the very few cult exit counsellors in Israel, is very
active in family counseling, in aiding many disadvantaged, if not
downright outcasts of society and basically assisting anybody who
needs help in any way.  He has five children and lives a life of
piousness and modesty.  Yisrael, a graduate of Yeshiva University
with a degree in Sociology, has seven children, including a month
old baby girl.  About seven years he adopted a 17 year old boy who
had, at the age of ten months, contracted meningitis which left him
deaf and blind in addition to his being retarded and having a
non-progressive form of muscular dystrophy, forcing him to spend
every waking hour in a wheel-chair with no control whatsoever over
his bodily functions and movements.  Can you believe that people with
these attributes would even _consider_ murder?!

The U.S. lawyers hired to represent the case have asked for extremely
large sums of money, especially when compared to Israeli salaries.
All of our efforts are presently going to raise funds to cover their
fees.

The mitzvah of redeeming captives (from the Gentiles) takes
precedence over every other charitable donation.  In the Felds' case,
the prosecutor is Karen Sununu, whose husband is of Lebanese origin,
which may explain why the brothers are still being held despite the
fact that nobody has pressed charges.

Any support you can offer us during this hour of great need would be
extremely appreciated.  For convenience, and to obtain US tax
exemption, please make checks payable to The Lincoln Square Synagogue
and send them directly to the address above.

Should you desire any additional information, one of Maccabee's
senior staff members would be happy to meet with you personally.

                                Very sincerely yours,
                                Rabbi David Feld
                                President
                                Mossad Maccabee

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I first saw the post about the Feld brothers on BALTUVA, then on
JEM and mail-jewish.  Repeating what I posted on BALTUVA:

(Long letter forwarded re situation of the 2 Feld brothers.)

For what it's worth... I remember Avraham and Scotty from years ago when
they were students, and also involved at Lincoln Square Synagogue (they
were talmidim of Rabbi Riskin).  All the good stuff in the letter about
their characters, squares 100% with what I remember of them.  (I even
remember that Sara borrowed my wedding dress, so you can see that I knew
them a bit more than casually!)  It is totally unbelievable that either
Avraham or Scotty could be involved in anything like what they
are being accused of.

Thanks to all for forwarding the information.
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Does anyone know any more about this?  What newspapers has it appeared in?

Freda Birnbaum
FBBIRNBAUM@CUTCV2.BITNET
"Call on God, but row away from the rocks"   --  yeah....
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From: Avi Y. Feldblum <ayf@pruxp.pr.att.com>
Subject: Administrivia

Hello all!

Happy Chanuka! I've been under the weather for the last few days, but
on the road to proper health now. I haven't logged in since last
Thursday, so sorry about any delay in getting things out. I hope to
start working on the backlog shortly, so I guess you will start seeing
a bunch of messages from me shortly. I do want to get this message out
quickly, though. I know both Avrum and Scott Feld from years ago at YU,
and while they may be "hotheads" in the defence of our youth from
missionaries and the like, I personally cannot believe that they would
conspire to murder. If anyone knows more about the case below, please
let us know.

Avi Feldblum
mljewish@nysernet.org

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From: madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann)
Subject: Re: Urgent Appeal-Jerusalem Rabbi Mistakenly Arrested!
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:18:44 GMT

schuman@eacces.wpd.sgi.com (Aaron Schuman) writes: >

>Daniel> A well respected Rabbi from Jerusalem has 
>Daniel> been arrested along with his brother recently 
>Daniel> in California. Because the charges are 
>Daniel> ridiculous...
>
>The defendants may be innocent, but the charges aren't ridiculous.
>
>When they were apprehended, the trunk of their car contained a
>knife, plastic handcuffs, a floor plan of their alleged victim's
>house showing the location of a shotgun, and other items that
>cast strong suspicion.

The drawing of the house was identified as done by the family's
daughter, Rachel, who is living in Jerusalem.  Also found in
the trunk were kitchen knives, ski masks, and two crowbars.

>A well regarded rabbi visited them in jail, and reported in the
>Jewish Bulletin of Northern California that he believes that
>each suspicious circumstance has a reasonable explanation.
>
>I don't know any more than I read in the Bulletin and in the
>Palo Alto Weekly, but I think they will have a difficult time
>proving their innocence in court.  If they are truly innocent,
>I wish them luck and divine assistance, because they really need
>it this time.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, the daughter refuses to
talk to her family and has accused them of sexually abusing her.
Father is a psychiatrist who works with troubled adolescents (ha ha!)
Daughter has had various psychological problems; not clear if the
abuse charges have any basis.  What the Feld brothers have said is
that Rachel asked them to go to the house to "feel the energy there"
in order to figure out if her abuse charges have merit.  They
claim all they were going to do was enter the house and soak up
its aura, then report back to Rachel.

This is a *very* strange story, and to be honest, everyone in it
sounds pretty darned confused.  The Merc also reported that many
character reference letters for the Feld brothers are being sent,
but that the stuff in the trunk does not make them look like
decent family men helping a friend, as they claim.

Oh, the Wassermans sound like Reform American Jews, and Rachel has
joined an Orthodox community in Israel.  I don't know if the
religious degree differences are also exacerbating the terrible
relationship between parents and daughter.


-- 
Maddi Hausmann                madhaus@netcom.com
Humorist, Satirist, Tech Writer.  Take your pick.

Centigram Communications Corp, San Jose California  408/428-3553


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From: tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil (Tim Miller)
Subject: Re: Urgent Appeal-Jerusalem Rabbi Mistakenly Arrested!
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:15:27 GMT

On 22 Dec 1992 02:59:53 GMT, schuman@eacces.wpd.sgi.com (Aaron Schuman) said:

Daniel> A well respected Rabbi from Jerusalem has 
Daniel> been arrested along with his brother recently 
Daniel> in California. Because the charges are 
Daniel> ridiculous...

A> The defendants may be innocent, but the charges aren't ridiculous.

A> When they were apprehended, the trunk of their car contained a
A> knife, plastic handcuffs, a floor plan of their alleged victim's
A> house showing the location of a shotgun, and other items that
A> cast strong suspicion.

A> A well regarded rabbi visited them in jail, and reported in the
A> Jewish Bulletin of Northern California that he believes that
A> each suspicious circumstance has a reasonable explanation.

	I was discussing this with my military rabbi a week (2 weeks?)
ago.  The "handcuffs" are the pull-type bands used by police during riot
control.  They also happened to be used to hogtie sheep when they're
being sheared; as I understand it, the rabbis help raise sheep.  It
turns out that they're considerably cheaper to buy here in bulk than in
Israel. 

	Lots of Orthodox carry knives with them so they have kosher
implements to cut and eat raw vegtables with when kosher dining is
unavailable.  As it was related to me, the rabbis were arrested in their
car where they were doing just that.

	The floor plan was given them by the daughter of the "victim"
who knows both of them and gave them the key and permission to use the
house since the "victim" was away.  It's called "hospitality;" I know
that's not something you run into in California a lot, but hey, they're
from Israel.  ;)

	They're being held without bail because the police involved
think that they've arrested a Mossad hit squad.  One of the rabbis was
carrying a business card (in Hebrew).  On the card was a word they got
translated-- "mossad."  Mossad means group, and if they had bothered to
translate the rest of the card, they would have discovered that it was
referring to the local (Israeli) soccer team the rabbi is involved with.
Even so, doesn't it seem strange that a Mossad hit-man would carry a
business card to that effect?

A> I don't know any more than I read in the Bulletin and in the
A> Palo Alto Weekly, but I think they will have a difficult time
A> proving their innocence in court.  If they are truly innocent,
A> I wish them luck and divine assistance, because they really need
A> it this time.

	What they need is a few more police out there with more sense in
their heads than the average avacado.

-- Cerebus <tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil>
"Or grapefruit.  Let's give the boys in blue the benefit of the doubt."

From: Avi Y. Feldblum <ayf@pruxp.pr.att.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <jem@nysernet.ORG>
Subject: Feld Brothers - Update
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This is an update on what I have been able to find out. 

As has been mentioned is some of the postings, the Felds were given
"permission" and a key to the house of the parents of a girl they knew
in Israel. There were strains between the girl and her parents, and she
never informed the parents of the Felds going to their house. When the
parents discovered that someone was in their house, they notified the
police. In response to that complaint, the Feld brothers were arrested,
and during the arrest, various weaponry (or other illegal items) were
found in their possesion. This led to more serious charges. Once the
women in Israel was contacted, she informed her parents that they were
there by her "request" and my understanding is that the parents then
dropped the charges. HOWEVER, once the charges have been filed, it is
up to the D.A. or prosecutor to decide whether to drop charges or to
continue, even though the original person filing the complaint has
dropped their charges. Due to whatever was found in the Felds
possesion, the charges were not dropped. 

The Felds were arraigned in Palo Alto Municipal Court at 3:30 pm on
Mon. (yesterday). The prelimanary hearing is set for today (Tues.).  It
should be possible to find out now what the actual charges are. My
understanding is that Alan Dershowitz has been contacted, and he helped
recommend the lawyers that the two brothers have obtained. Bail has
been set at $1.5 Million, so they likely will be kept in jail during
this period. I have been unable to verify any of the information about
not having access to kosher food, but the wife of one of the brothers
said she understood that one of the brothers was being held with his
hand shackled to his foot. 

If I find out what the charges are, I will post this information to the
list. In the meantime, I think we should send letters of support to the
brothers, to the family (which can be reached at:
American Friends of Maccabee Institute Foundation
205 Center St.
Williston Park, NY 11596)
and Pidyon Shevuyim donations (to be made out to Lincoln Square
Synagogue and sent to the above address).

-- 
Avi Feldblum
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 16:51:33 -0500
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Originator: jem@israel.nysernet.org
From: cm406@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (J. Y. Yosh Mantinband)
To: Multiple recipients of list <jem@nysernet.ORG>
Subject: Feld Brothers


Regarding what Avi Feldblum wrote on the background of the Feld
Brothers case,
 
> never informed the parents of the Felds going to their house. When the
> parents discovered that someone was in their house, they notified the
> police. In response to that complaint, the Feld brothers were arrested,
 
As I had understood it, and also have seen in a copy of an article
from the San Jose Mercury, they had not gone to the house, but were
approached on suspicion of shoplifting.  The police searched their
car and found no stolen goods (naturally).  However, in the course of
the search they found two kitchen knives (why would anyone need _two_
knives?? (the police never heard of kashrut, I suppose)), ski masks
and gloves (the Felds had just come from New York which was not
exactly basking in the sun last month), restraining equipment (used
in their work with handicapped children), and the most damning item
of all - an address, a map, and a hand-drawn layout of the house
(drawn by the daughter).  The police came to the conclusion that
these were hired assassins.  They called the parents, asked if they
had ever heard of the Felds.  When they said they hadn't, the police
told the parents how lucky they were and that they had just saved 
their lives.
 
(I also understand the police found material on Mossad Maccabee, the
non-profit organization which Avraham Feld founded and under whose
auspices his various rescue and social welfare projects are carried
out.  When the police saw the word Mossad, they thought they had
stumbled across Israeli secret service agents.  One of the policemen
was reported to have said something to the effect of "Wow, is my
carreer going to get a boost out of this arrest!")
 
As noted by Avi, once the parents spoke to their daughter they
dropped charges and even came to the defense of the brothers.  
Apparently the police and prosecutor had already made their minds up 
by this time and it was to no avail.
 
The lawyers Alan Dershowitz recommended are supposed to be the best
in the business.  Unfortunately, their services do not come cheap.  I
have heard some people naively ask, "If they're innocent and it's all
a big mistake, why do they need the best and most expensive lawyers?"
I think that we all know that innocence is not enough to win in
court.  And with charges as serious as these (maximum penalty is life
in prison), there is no point in taking chances or fooling around.
 
It is estimated that legal fees in this case are going cost the Felds
over $200,000.  They live in Israel -- with their resources they can
not do this alone.  Any money they make beyond what they need to feed
their families they have always channeled back into the helping work
they do.
 
These men have devoted their lives to helping other people.  Now they
need help from us.  Let's not fail them.
 
Send your checks for Pidyon Shevuyim donations (made out to the
Lincoln Square Synagogue) to this address:
 
     American Friends of Maccabee Institute Foundation
     205 Center St.
     Williston Park, NY 11596)
 
Turn away from your computer terminal, take out your checkbook and do
it NOW.  The rest of your e-mail can wait.
 
--
Yosh Mantinband
cm406@cleveland.freenet.edu


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From: "Avi Y. Feldblum" <ayf@PRUXP.PR.ATT.COM>
Subject: Feld Brothers
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I spoke with Nina (Avrum and Scott's sister) for a while
this afternoon. If it wasn't for the fact that two good
people are currently locked up in jail, it sounds almost
like the bad plot of a TV show. As mentioned before, Avrum
went to Ca., as one stop in a longer trip to various places
in the US,  to speak with the parents of a woman who is
currently in Israel. This woman bears some serious grudges
against her parents, and has in the past lodged complaints
with the police against them. The brothers had gone to a an
all night store to get supplies, including several knives
(milchig, fleishig maybe parave?). These knives, as well as
a map showing the way to the home, made by the daughter in
Israel, were found in the car when Avrum and Scott were
arrested. Among the "incriminating" evidence appears to the
"fact" that the brothers were traveling under a set of
aliases, i.e. Austin/Avrum and Scott/Yisrael. There was
identification on them from Mossad Maccabee. When they
checked with their local "Rabbi", they were informed that
Mossad is the Israeli secret service, and Maccabee was the
name of a group of Jewish Warriors. It then became clear to
the police that they had stumbled onto two Israeli hit men,
part of some Jewish Warrior group associated with the
Israeli secret service, who were hired by the daughter, whom
had been heard by some of her friends in the past to say she
planned to kill her parents, to come to the US to kill the
couple. They were charged with conspiracy to murder, and the
cops appeared to be uninterested in other explanations of
the "facts".

At the preliminary hearing, the parents testified that they
did not feel threatened by the Felds, and that they were
interested in trying to come to some reconciliation with
their daughter, but it was ignored by the state. It does
appear, though, that very junior members of the DA's office
are being assigned to the case, possibly indicating that the
DA knows the charges will not hold up. As far as I know, the
only charge is conspiracy to murder, and there are no
weapons charges. This would indicate that there was nothing
more than knives that were found, i.e. no handguns or
anything like that. The bail has been set at $750,000 each.
There is a hearing tomorrow afternoon on reducing the bail,
so they can get out of jail. The kosher food issue that was
mentioned is a non-issue, there is no reason to bring it up
/ discuss it, by request of Avrum and Scott.

What can we do now? I asked that of Nina, as well as one of
the lawyers involved in the case. The lawyer said that from
a legal standpoint, they will know more tomorrow afternoon,
after the bail motion is heard and ruled on. Currently they
have an early trial date set for the end of January. Nina
hopes, as we all do, that this will be cleared up before
then. Right now, one big thing we can do is write to Avrum
and Yisrael. They are only allowed to see Nina once a week,
so they are very isolated. Letters from people, even just
letting them know that there are people out here who know
what is happening and care for them will help their mental
health very much. Their addresses are:

    Rabbi Austin Feld                 Scott Feld
    9296109                              9296110
    885 N. San Pedro                 885 N. San Pedro
    San Jose, CA 95110-1772   San Jose, CA 95110-1772

Those of you who know either Avrum or Scott, need no
introduction to them, for others, feel free to write that I
put this information and request out, and you are responding
to that. In addition, as mentioned earlier, the legal fees
involved are large, and now the family is trying to arrange
bail money as well. The lawyers are very good but that, as
many of you may know, costs money. The Rishon Le'Tzion, Rav
Mordechai Eliyahu, has stated that helping them in this way
is fulfilling the mitzvah of Pidyon Shevuyim, which is an
extremely important version of Tzedakah. Donations should be
made out to Lincoln Square Synagogue and mailed to:

The American Friends of Maccabee Institute
205 Center St.
Williston Park, N.Y.  11156

[You may want to mention that your donation is in response
to the information on electronic mailing lists, to let the
Felds know where some of this support is coming from. I
would also urge any of you to share this information with
your local Rabbi, to possibly make an appeal to your
congregation].

I will let you know when I hear anything new.

Avi Feldblum
mljewish@israel.nysernet.org
avi.feldblum@att.com

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