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By Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Out of sight amidst ample prosperity, there are pockets of want and despair, which several West Island organizations try to address. <\/p>\n

This year a dozen volunteers again used the kitchen at Beth Tikvah<\/a> synagogue in Dollard des Ormeaux to prepare meals for underprivileged members of the West Island Jewish community. <\/p>\n

Dubbed Shabbat in a Box,<\/i> they prepared Sabbath meals for ten West Island families. The repasts included such traditional staples as chicken soup, roast chicken, challah [egg] bread, fruit and cookies\u2014enough for a filling Friday supper and a satisfying Saturday lunch. <\/p>\n

The volunteers also delivered the meals, Dec. 5, together with toys to serve as Chanukah gifts for the recipients’ children. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are 14,000 Jews living in the West Island,\u201d Federation CJA said in a statement. \u201cOf those, 12 per cent live below the poverty line.\u201d <\/p>\n

Federation CJA West Island<\/a> director Maia Cooper told The Suburban in an interview this is the second year the group, known as Tikun Olam Volunteers (TOV) has come together to help fight hunger in advance of the holiday season.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cTikun Olam means \u2018Repair the World,\u2019\u201d she explained, \u201cand the group\u2019s acronym TOV is the Hebrew word for good.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nCooper added that the West Island is home to a substantial and growing Jewish community, Montreal\u2019s second-largest after the Hasidic Orthodox community.<\/div>\n
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\n(Right to left) Valerie Amara, Dania Besnos, Ruth Levitsky, Joelle Medina, Heidi Wise-Galler, Denise Goldman and Hindy Olson put the finishing touches on ten traditional Sabbath repasts for low-income Jewish families who live on the West Island. <\/div>\n

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