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Just One to Save a Life
I swabbed into the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Registry my first year at the University of North Carolina, and recently, I joined the Religious Action Center to head up its new partnership with Gift of...
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Saving a Life on Yom Kippur
At Congregation Beth Emeth in Wilmington, Delaware, Rabbi Robinson asked his congregants if they would save a life if the opportunity presented itself. On Yom Kippur, his congregants are going to have...
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A Yom Kippur Gift of Life Drive Success Story
On Yom Kippur, 35 congregations across the U.S. partnered with the RAC and Gift of Life to run bone marrow registration drives. The project held many uncertainties; no one was sure if congregations or...
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The Gift of Life
Most years, I do not take the time to reflect on how I will make the New Year a meaningful one. But this year, only one week in, I feel like that I have already made an impact in 5774. About two years...
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This Week at the RAC: Staff Retreats & Government Shutdown Continues
Last week much of the staff spent time at the URJ’s Kutz Camp. The first part of the week was a gathering of 130 URJ staffers from the various departments, with the goal of strengthening our working...
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MLK Day Interfaith Swabbing
When Jay Feinberg was diagnosed with leukemia in 1991, he needed a bone marrow transplant to survive. Because bone marrow type is linked to DNA, and therefore one’s ancestry, as an Ashkenazi Jew, Jay...
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Jay Feinberg Receives Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award at 72nd URJ North...
Last night, Gift of Life advisor Evie Goldfine – a recipient of a stem cell donation herself – accepted the Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award on behalf of founder and CEO of Gift of Life...
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Reflections on Soul Justice, Social Justice, and Our First Interfaith...
This past holiday weekend saw the launch of the RAC’s first Martin Luther King, Jr. Initiative, a new, interfaith project with our partner Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation. The Initiative works...
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Swab A Cheek, Inscribed For Life
It seems like the High Holy Days were just upon us, so it’s hard to believe that this week marks the beginning of our official recruitment for Yom Kippur Gift of Life drives this year. In our pilot...
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Swabbing on Yom Kippur: What is a Life Worth Living?
Last Yom Kippur, 35 congregations partnered with the RAC and Gift of Life to run bone marrow registration drives. We swabbed over 3,000 people, and already, two matches have been found! We are in the...
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Is Your Congregation on the Map?
Our Yom Kippur Gift of Life drives recruitment effort is well under way. We are hardly into spring, yet already, over 30 congregations have committed to swabbing their cheeks this Yom Kippur! We’ve...
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A Yom Kippur Bone Marrow Donation Story
I joined the bone marrow registry at a Gift of Life drive when I was a first year at UNC-Chapel Hill. The NC Hillel director at the time, Or Mars, also joined the registry that day. While I have been...
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Give the Gift of Life this MLK Weekend
This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Va’era, continues the story of the Israelites’ years of bondage in Egypt – which marked the beginning of their sojourn towards freedom. We read about God’s...
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A Gift of Life Donor Tells Her Story
By Tracie Feinman I’ll never forget the phone call. I was driving in the car with my daughter; we were on our way home from her annual preschool field trip to the apple orchard. On the other end of...
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We Can Help Give the Gift of Life
Gift of Life is one of North America’s donor bone marrow and blood stem cell registries, and a world leader helping children and adults find the matches they need when they need them. As an associate...
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