From Our Founder
Shari Shares
Thoughts and insights on patient advocacy, cancer-induced financial distress and the state of breast cancer support in Israel from the Lemonade Fund’s founder and Manager, Shari Mendes
Together with Good People
It was so refreshing to meet with Naomi Eisenberger and Julie Fischer and their team from the Good People Fund on their annual trip to Israel...
We ALL.CAN
Thanks to Guy Tavori and the ALL.CAN-Israel initiative, we attended a special session of the Knesset Health Committee on the challenges of closing...
2024 in Numbers
In 2024 the Lemonade Fund awarded a record number of grants to underprivileged Israeli cancer patients in order to alleviate their financial...
Financial Toxicity: A Serious Risk Factor
I learned a great deal from a recent webinar entitled “Managing Financial Toxicity: Addressing the Hidden Costs of Cancer” hosted by our colleague...
Financial Safety Net to Ensure Continuity of Care During War
A study published by researchers from the Radiation Oncology Department, Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, the Faculty of Medicine at the...
I Come Here Once a Year to Remember…
Thirteen years ago this week I was diagnosed with breast cancer during a routine mammogram. Out of the blue…no risks, no family history - ‘shocked’...
The Bright Side of (this) Israeli Summer
June is usually a “slow” month. The school year winds down, summer plans are hatched, and the heat invariably rises as we usher in the Israeli...
A Time to Hope
Springtime in Israel is filled with holidays, both religious and national. Ramadan, Easter and Passover. Yom Hashoah (Memorial Day for...
Wealth and Health
When I read about the recent death of Dr. Nancy E. Adler, a health psychologist whose work was instrumental in transforming understanding of the...
2023 Wrap-Up
We are ending 2023 with two hearts… One is heavy. We remain in the middle of an existential war, praying for our brave soldiers and the...