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
Something To Celebrate
Like every year, on the day preceding Independence Day we acknowledge and thank our soldiers for their service and sacrifice that made our country...
Can we really help?
We get asked this question all the time. Does a one-time Lemonade Fund grant really help? Some of our applicants are locked in systemic...
When Half is More
Purim is a holiday of celebration. Reversing an evil decree, the triumph of Jewish life over the threat of annihilation. Our sages...
A Basket of Good News
Israel’s Health ministry has just approved an expansion of the “Health Basket,” treatments and drugs covered by Israel’s four HMOs for 2023. The...
Financial Toxicity: A Dangerous Side Effect of Breast Cancer
The “C” word stirs up difficult emotions and associations. Pain, fear, hopelessness. Despair. Despite all the medical advances that have made...
I Come Here Once a Year
Twelve years ago, on an otherwise normal, hot July day in Israel, I received a diagnosis of breast cancer. As a child of a holocaust survivor with a...