You never truly know an organization until you are a recipient of its services. My husband and I arrived at the Johns Hopkins emergency room the Saturday night prior to Rosh Hashanah. After spending the night in the emergency room, we were escorted to a hospital room on one of the floors.

While the physicians were deciding how to care for my husband, I was scrutinizing the hospital menu. Hopkins offers its patients and their caregivers kosher food supplied by Accents, a real gift to the Jewish community.