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Burmese Jew going home as
Jewish groups mount aid effort
Courtesy Sammy Samuels
The colorful blue glass window of Yangon's Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue fell to the floor during the cyclone that ravaged Myanmar on May 3, 2008.
As worldwide pressure is mounting on Myanmar to admit aid from Western countries and Jewish groups are mobilizing to help, a Burmese Jew living in New York is heading home with a suitcase full of water purification tablets -- and more.

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