Deborah L. Coltin This is Me

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1. 1. www.shofars.org

   www.shofars.org/Great%20Shofar - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/20/2004   Last Visited: 3/11/2007

   But considering Tuesday's impressive turnout in Swampscott, event organizer Debbie Coltin quickly learned that her biggest challenge was not going to be convincing anyone that the Great Shofar Blowout was truly Guinness-worthy. Instead, the hardest part for Coltin was simply trying to shout instructions over the wailing and piercing moans created by hundreds of amateur shofar blowers.
   
   "Just make your sound and stop," Coltin chuckled at one point, with the megaphone in her hand proving to be all but useless.
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   "We start blowing it daily in spiritual preparation for the holidays," explains Coltin, the continuity committee director for the Jewish Federation of the North Shore.
   
   "Jewish pride plays such a big part in this," she adds. "(The shofar) has survived thousands of years and has been around just as long as the Jewish people have survived.
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   Despite the not-so-surprising fact that there had been no previous world record for most shofars blown at once, Coltin says that they were inspired after learning about a Indiana University student who set a record for most dreidels spun at once.

2. 2. Jewish Journal Archives

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   Published on: 3/30/2003   Last Visited: 3/30/2003

   Debbie Coltin, educational director at Ahavat Achim, said, "The tefillin bind us and our children to our Jewish Heritage. It is such a tactile experience. It transforms you and puts you in the here and now." Coltin is also director of Jewish Continuity Development and the Interfaith Outreach Coordinator for the Jewish Federation of the North Shore.
   
   Many of the parents and children, who had previously considered the use of tefillin an ancient or at least all-male practice, were overwhelmed by the beauty of seeing so many people don the leather straps and wrap the tefillin on their arms and head. It brought spirituality into the room.

3. 3. GA

   www.jewishhamilton.org/speaker - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/2/2002   Last Visited: 8/21/2003

   Deborah L. Coltin, Director of Jewish Community Committee Program Development and the Interfaith Outreach Coordinator, Jewish Federation of the North Shore