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Yacob Yacobi of the Bene Ephraim with Kulanu volunteer Judi Kloper of Oregon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Judi Kloper, a Kulanu volunteer from Corvallis, Oregon,\u00a0traveled to India in November for a wedding, and made plans to stay and visit with the Bene Ephraim community (BEC) located in the Andhra Pradesh region of India. Prior to her arrival, Judi communicated with some of the community members about how she could help; they requested Jewish books and other Judaica, including mezuzot and a Zohar. Impressively, Judi was able to collect two suitcases full\u00a0of items contributed by her Jewish community:\u00a0Hebrew and Jewish Studies books; many\u00a0siddurim and Tanach;\u00a0books she used to teach English; Havdallah candles (which brought great joy to the community); many kippot; and two tallitot. She also brought a few CDs of Jewish music. The request for the Zohar and mezuzot came too late for Judi to fulfill, but plans for this are in the works.<\/p>\n
In addition, while visiting the Bene Ephraim, Judi found that they were eager\u00a0to learn more\u00a0Jewish music and prayers, so she has begun collecting CDs and requesting files to share with the community, and is looking for a laptop that the community can use to listen to, download, and burn CDs of Jewish music and prayers.\u00a0Already her childhood synagogue, Temple Israel of Natick, MA, and her rabbi at Beit Am\u00a0have sent her some Jewish music online.\u00a0\u201dAll of us\u201d are amazed and grateful for the wonderful effort\u00a0that Judi and her Jewish\u00a0community\u00a0put forth in support of the BEC!<\/p>\n
Judi organized the entire \u201cdonation drive\u201d herself, from requesting contributions to coordinating the pick-up and drop-off of the donated items (some of the books had already been donated to Kulanu, and were being stored by another volunteer in Maryland who shipped them to Oregon for Judi to bring to India \u2013 great teamwork!). Judi said she simply put a note out to her Jewish community\u2019s list-serve, and the response was heartwarmingly generous. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing\u2026 what people will donate if we put it out there to them.\u201d She has now started requesting mezuzot for the BEC in the hope\u00a0that she can bring them with her on her next trip (hopefully in a few months)!<\/p>\n
Judi wrote of her Corvallis congregation, Beit Am, \u201cWe are not a large Jewish community, but a tight-knit one with Jews of every persuasion.\u00a0 So many people responded, and one family donated $300 which was great since I was also charged extra [at the airport] for the two fifty-pound suitcases.\u201d When she arrived in India, she was met by one of the community members who happened to be in Delhi at the same time, and he was able to bring one of the suitcases back home with him. She sent the other suitcase to the community via courier (another expense she covered herself), since she had some traveling planned before visiting the Bene Ephraim community.<\/p>\n
Judi tells us that members of her congregation have started telling their friends and relatives about her trip, inspired by her dedication and her experiences. You can read about Judi Kloper\u2019s volunteer-visit to the Bene Ephraim community of India in the fall issue of our magazine,\u00a0KulanuNews<\/i>\u00a0(see\u00a0kulanu.org\/magazines<\/a>).\u00a0Many thanks to Judi Kloper, and to the Beit Am Mid-Willamette Valley Jewish Community of Corvallis, OR, for their generosity and dedication to Jews across the globe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 26, 2015 Yacob Yacobi of the Bene Ephraim with Kulanu volunteer Judi Kloper of Oregon. Judi Kloper, a Kulanu <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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