Are Heroes Born Or Made?

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Hazel and Nazih Zebian were complaining about the recession's effects on their furniture business in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Surfing the Internet out of boredom, Hazel found a story about Abu Sayed. In a misguided attempt to prevent swine flu, the Egyptian government had seized Abu's herd of pigs, the sole source of income for his extended family of 14. Hazel calculated the cost of replacing the 25 pigs; and after several days and many e-mails, Abu received $1,125 via Western Union. Abu, however, plans to use the money to buy sheep. Obviously, he is not a pigheaded man.

Pam Koner, single mother of two in Hastings-on-Hudson, saw a photograph in the New York Times of the poverty in rural Pembroke, Illinois. Moved to tears, Pam contacted an outreach worker in Pembroke and enlisted help from family and friends to send monthly boxes of food and basic household items to the neediest families in Pembroke. That was in 2002. Seven years later Pam has founded the non-profit "Family-to-Family", connected more than 600 sponsors and recipient families in 13 communities across the country and provided nearly 800,000 meals. In spite of the downturn in the economy, there has been an upturn in Family-to-Family sponsors.

Mohammad Sohail is a convenience store owner in Garden City, New York. When a masked man tried to rob him, Mohammad grabbed a rifle from behind the counter and ordered the robber to drop his bat. The would-be robber fell to his knees crying, saying he was out of work and needed to feed him family. Mohammad gave the man $40, a loaf of bread and asked him to promise not to rob again. When he went to get some milk, the robber fled - taking only the bat and the money - but leaving Mohammad with his good deed.

Alysa Stanton, 45, was ordained June 6, 2009 as the first black woman rabbi. Her childhood search for spiritual nourishment led her from Pentecostal roots to Eastern religions and Evangelicalism. When her family moved to a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Cleveland, her curiosity in Judaism led to her conversion by her 20's. Alysa, a divorced single mother, was chosen to be the rabbi at Congregation Bayt Shalom in North Carolina because of her powerful ability to connect and communicate, skills she learned as a psychotherapist specializing in grief and loss before she entered the seminary. Obviously, we are who we become.


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