Rabbi Scott Kalmikoff can introduce you to your ancestral family in less than 24 hours, if he didn’t take any breaks. He can share your story by analyzing an ancestor’s name in a voter registration card or the community where they originated.
“The Jewish organizations were among the first on the ground,” said local leader Sheikh Musa Drammeh “the first professionals, the first donors, the first to console the families, and to show solidarity and fellowship.”
More than 50,000 people die on average every year in New York City, and with an estimated Jewish population of about 12% in the city, it’s reasonable to assume that around 6,000 are Jewish.
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