(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Isabel de Bertodano - A crowdfunding page set up by Adeel Karim has raised over $60,000 towards repairing the Islamic Society of New Tampa mosque, which was targeted last month. When Karim took a closer look at the donations he noticed a surprising pattern. "I couldn't understand why people were donating in what seemed like weird amounts," he wrote on his Facebook page. "There are sums of 18, 36, 72 dollars etc. Then I figured out after clicking on the names Avi, Cohen, Goldstein, Rubin, Fisher." Jews were donating in multiples of 18 as a form of chai. "It wishes the recipient a long life....The Jewish faith has shown up in force to support our New Tampa Islamic community. I'm floored." In January, a synagogue in Texas was offered for use by the Muslim community after the local mosque burned down.
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