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Deerfield’s B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim helps natural disaster victims

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Steve Sadin | For Sun-Times Media | @sadinsteveApril 16 8:22 a.m.

When disaster strikes, members of Deerfield’s congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim leap into action.

Whether a hurricane hits New Orleans or a tornado touches down in Washington, Ill., Joplin, Mo. or Moore, Okla., congregants are ready to pitch in.

“We were in a clergy meeting when the tornado hit Moore,” Cantor Ross Wolman said. “We started getting texts asking, ‘When are we going?’ Nine days later we were on a plane to Oklahoma City.”

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