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Hadassah Hospital inspires bar mitzvah charity project


By Emily Pauker, Contributing Writer

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/bar_and_bat_mitzvahs/article/hadassah_hospital_inspires_bar_mitzvah_charity_project_20080709/

"Oprah's Big Give" challenges contestants to perform charitable acts by giving them money and resources. But Michael Feldman didn't need the artifice of a television show to inspire his desire for a genuine big give.

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