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 last month. We shared with them our plans to expand reach, our migration to online applications and plans to help even...
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 gaps to provide quality oncology services in the periphery. The session took place as part of the ALL.CAN-Israel...
In 2024 the Lemonade Fund awarded a record number of grants to underprivileged Israeli cancer patients in order to alleviate their financial stress. The Lemonade Fund, (Israel’s first and only breast cancer emergency relief fund,) provides newly diagnosed...
I learned a great deal from a recent webinar entitled “Managing Financial Toxicity: Addressing the Hidden Costs of Cancer” hosted by our colleague and supporter Shareshet, the national organization for the U.S. Jewish Breast & Ovarian Cancer community. There were...
A study published by researchers from the Radiation Oncology Department, Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the School of Behavioral Sciences at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo revealed...
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’ is an understatement. And suddenly I found myself in a world of illness, isolation and fear. Thank God, I had good care...
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 summer. This June is different. The ongoing war is taking a toll on everyone; it’s hard to plan amid so much uncertainty....
Springtime in Israel is filled with holidays, both religious and national. Ramadan, Easter and Passover. Yom Hashoah (Memorial Day for Holocaust victims). Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims followed immediately by Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel...
When I read about the recent death of Dr. Nancy E. Adler, a health psychologist whose work was instrumental in transforming understanding of the relationship between socioeconomic status and physical health, I thought about how much modern medicine has enabled us to...
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 release of our hostages. The other heart is full of pride in the goodness of people; in the unity and generosity that we are...