Israel: Opinion: The Human Spirit: Love, give, live

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http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-Human-Spirit-Love-give-live-393035

The Human Spirit: Love, give, live

A black-hatted rabbi, a white-hatted Muslim elder and a black Christian pastor attend a Christmas celebration in a Druse village.

This is not the first line of a joke, but a celebration of a gift of life.

When Smith Jadesimi, a tall and athletic 25-yearold from Nigeria, first approached his country's Israeli Embassy in Abuja about his desire to donate a kidney to an Israeli, he was politely but firmly turned away.

Likewise, the organization that facilitates kidney transplants in Israel told him no; at least one Israeli hospital refused him, too.

Jadesimi was undaunted. A man of deep faith, he knew he was supposed to donate a kidney to an Israeli, and that it would happen.

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The author is a Jerusalem writer who focuses on the wondrous stories of modern Israel. She serves as the Israel director of public relations for Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. The views in her columns are her own.