Stories

My Birthright Israel trip was life changing – and not just for me

Mar 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

My story began as a typical millennial from Boston, a reform Jewish-American – devoid of any substantive connection to Israel. My Jewish identity was formed through a combination of summer camp, Sunday school and overly lavish bar/bat-mitzvahs.

Birthright Israel participants give over 200 ‘gifts of life’

Mar 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Of the more than 53,000 participants in Birthright Israel who have given tissue samples from cells in their mouths for testing to see if they can be bone marrow donors, 1,543 matches were made and 205 of them have saved others’ lives.

Jews You Should Know Podcast Episode 023 - The Gift of Life Founder: A Conversation with Jay Feinberg (and his donor Becky Keller)

Feb 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Podcast Episode 23 of Jews You Should Know with Ari Koretzky features an interview with Gift of Life Marrow Registry founder and CEO Jay Feinberg, and his bone marrow donor Becky Keller

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Livingston Native Donates Stem Cells to Save Florida Mother’s Life

Feb 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

A 22-year-old Livingston native who donated stem cells to an anonymous Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patient said the intrusive procedure was worth it when she had the opportunity to meet the recipient, a 40-year-old South Florida mother, at the Gift of Life 5K recently held at South County Regional Park in Boca Raton, FL.

Student Zoe Miller gives life-saving stem cell donation

Feb 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Graduate student Zoe Miller swabbed her mouth with a Q-tip in the summer of 2014, not knowing that one day it would change lives. Miller went on a birthright trip to Israel where everyone in her group swabbed a Q-tip that put them in the Gift of Life Marrow Registry as potential stem cell and bone marrow donors.

Honoring Daniella Moffson’s Legacy Through Acts Of Chesed

Jan 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

A museum; escape the room; the movies; brunch; ice skating; the office; the zoo. These are some of the myriad places you might find the average adult or child on a regular Sunday.