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Flooding affects Iowa Jews
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Washington Jewish Week
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June 19, 2008
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- Leibel, Aaron
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Flooding in Iowa has damaged a number of Jewish-owned businesses and forced some Jews from their homes in Cedar Rapids, according to a local rabbi. Aaron Sherman of Temple Judah noted that some of the businesses that have been flooded date back as far as 120 years. He said an elderly couple in assisted living at a local hospital had to evacuate. Cedar Rapids residents cannot get to work in Iowa City because the highway between the cities has been closed.
Temple Judah, which is dry and has electricity, has offered to house services for churches whose buildings have been flooded. Sherman said many of his congregants have been involved in sandbagging efforts. ...
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