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\"italics\"<\/a>By Ben Sales<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aboud Dandachi isn\u2019t Jewish. Or Israeli. Or Italian. Or sick with coronavirus.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a Muslim from Syria living in Canada.<\/p>\n

But when he read the Jewish Telegraphic Agency story about an Italian boy whose bar mitzvah was curtailed because of the rapidly spreading virus, Dandachi responded in a way he figured Jews might appreciate: He donated $18 in honor of Ruben Golran to the Canadian branch of the Jewish National Fund to plant a tree in Israel in the teen\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what I know how to do,\u201d said Dandachi, 43, of Toronto. \u201cI\u2019ve had friends in Canada, Jewish friends who have children, and they seem to appreciate it. That\u2019s how I know how to commemorate such an occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is far from Dandachi\u2019s first encounter with Israel.<\/p>\n

After fleeing Syria as a refugee in 2013, he has been an outspoken supporter of Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Dandachi, who moved to Canada in 2017, even supports Netanyahu\u2019s plan to annex parts of the West Bank. An IT specialist by profession, Dandachi founded an organization called Thank You Am Israel in appreciation of Israeli efforts to aid Syrian refugees.<\/p>\n

Ruben\u2019s bar mitzvah in Milan last week was supposed to have 600 guests. But Milanese authorities banned large public gatherings due to the spread of coronavirus in northern Italy, so the celebration became much smaller.<\/p>\n

His father, Elia, told JTA that he has been moved by the response to his son\u2019s predicament. In addition to Dandachi\u2019s gift, Golran heard from a Jewish person in New York who plans to send a painting to the family in honor of the bar mitzvah.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in tears next to my computer,\u201d Golran said. \u201cTo see that there\u2019s a Muslim from Syria who donated a tree in our land, you understand that this is something special, special, special.\u201d<\/p>\n

*The article was published in JTA on March 3, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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