As I write this column, three days after Sandy wreaked havoc on so many neighborhoods near my own in Brooklyn, N.Y., the e-mails from my synagogue are pouring into my inbox. Got a spare hour or two? The Temple needs volunteers to make sandwiches to bring to a nearby shelter housing 600 evacuees, most of them elderly. Got corporate connections? The shelter residents need coffee, tea and water — now — in large quantities.
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