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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26183-2002Oct14.html
To Jewish Philanthropists, a Personal Thanks
(Washington Post) Caryle Murphy - Shoshana Gottlieb calls herself a survivor, not a victim. So when the 49-year-old Israeli told 1,000 other Jewish women at the International Lion of Judah Conference of United Jewish Communities how she ended up paralyzed from the chest down, she spoke without tears or traces of self-pity. It was her audience that cried. Addressing a darkened ballroom from her wheelchair, Gottlieb, a mother of four, told how she was left paraplegic when Palestinian snipers fired on a van ferrying her home from work in February 2001. There are more than 14,000 "Lions of Judah" around the world who donate a minimum of $5,000 annually.