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Zucky’s and SOVA — knishes and compassion

\”Hy looked at me and said, \’He\’s not Jewish,\’\” recalled his wife, Zucky Altman, 89. \”I said, \’So what? He\’s hungry.\’ From that moment on, we decided we would just feed everybody.\”

Food prices squeeze Israel’s needy

As the price of food staples have risen, Israel\’s poor and the nonprofit groups that serve them have been hardest hit, with some impoverished Israelis skipping meals to pay their monthly bills

A Pass-SOVA Tradition

Helping the needy is what SOVA (Hebrew for \”eat and be satisfied\”) has been doing since 1983, when Santa Monica deli owner Hy Altman and wife, Zucky, created the nonprofit organization.

Daniel Lembark

Daniel Lembark died at his home in Los Angeles on Feb. 3, 2003 at the age of 78.

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