In the Aug. 15 Jewish Review Neil Goldstein, the executive director of the American Jewish Congress, is quoted as saying, “We must get off of (our) dependence on foreign oil.”

This is a true and wonderful story of how a recent article in the Jewish Review sparked a life-giving change for someone in need. The article was the story of a kidney transplant between two dear friends, David Rosenberg and Marshall Spector.

Many years ago when I lived in Astoria I often laughed to myself at the sight of two loaded log trucks passing one another in opposite directions. This happened all the time.