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Public Interest

Aug. 30, 2006

Lawyers Perform a Mitzvah, Helping Holocaust Survivors Submit Claims

I'm a retired lawyer who decided in June to volunteer at the Bet Tzedek Legal Aid office in Los Angeles. I called Robin Sommerstein (who is in charge of volunteers), and she asked me to come in the following morning for an interview.

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By Annette Mann



I'm a retired lawyer who decided in June to volunteer at the Bet Tzedek Legal Aid office in Los Angeles. I called Robin Sommerstein (who is in charge of volunteers), and she asked me to come in the following morning for an interview. At the end of our meeting, she asked me if I spoke any other languages. I told her I spoke Hungarian.
      She then told me about a program th...

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