It's a good feeling to know we set an example for people when we (established) our congregation all those years ago. We're proud of what we did, and everything the community did for us. It was a time of real sharing in those days, when we started from scratch.

This is just another example where the president and people in Congress could care less for everyday folks out there.

It was amazing. We had Christian contractors and other businesses donating their time. It really was an ecumenical effort.

We were absolutely determined to keep our Jewish kids together.

It was an exciting time for all of us.

Our folks have done some really innovative training, ... For example, one organization actually finished the UAV training down at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., so the soldiers had the ability to take part in collective training at the same time as getting the rest of their UAV training.