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Men’s Club Kicks

off at Chabad of
Palm Beach Gardens

The first Men’s Club event of the season took place at
Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens with a delicious barbecue
prepared by Men’s Club chair Dr. Doron Nuchovich.

Israel Cancer Association USA’s

“Sunday Supper” on March 1 to

raise awareness and funds NCJW Opens 17th Kids

Community Closet

Amy Robach of ABC’s 20/20 Financial awards by Israel The National Council of Jewish Women Palm Beach

to speak, lend personal Cancer Association spawn Section has opened its 17th Kids Community Closet at
Palmetto Elementary School in West Palm Beach. A secure
connection and appreciation significant research findings space within elementary schools where more than 90 percent
of the children are living at or below the poverty level, the
for significant contributions and advance studies about closets are stocked with new shorts, collared shirts, socks,
and underwear that are distributed by school personnel as
in research gene-predictors to the body’s need arises.
development of cancer and The Kids Community Closet program serves children
Two recent grants awarded recognized by school staff to be in need of basic clothing
by the United States arm of its response to traditional because their parent or guardian is unable to provide for
Israel Cancer Association their needs. It also relieves teachers of needing to use their
infused roughly $50,000 treatments own money to buy essential clothing and personal care
into cancer research items for their students. With the opening of this closet, the
that is causing change According to national statistics, melanoma is the deadliest National Council of Jewish Women Palm Beach Section will
in the way scientists are of skin cancers. Rates of diagnosis for the disease have be serving over 12,000 students in 17 Palm Beach County
viewing gene-predictors increased dramatically over the past three decades, schools.
and their association with outpacing almost all other cancers. Today, it is one of the The Palmetto closet was opened thanks to a generous
diagnosing and treating most common cancers found among young adults in the donation in loving memory of Gerry Cooperman, a true child
cancer. United States. More people are diagnosed with skin cancer advocate who worked as a school psychologist in Western
each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined. One New York for over 35 years.
The funding, advocated in five Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70. The goal of Kids Community Closet is to keep kids in
by two leading research school by providing them with basic clothing items, so they
institutions in Israel, ICA USA has funded 25 of the 41 grants seeking funding can concentrate on learning and enjoy a feeling of self-worth.
has supported fervent ABC’s Amy Robach to speak in 2019-2020, including five breast-cancer focused research “The clothes that are given to our students not only provide
examination of DNA and at Israel Cancer Association Fellowships at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Kaplan new and clean uniforms to cover their basic necessities
genes JUN and CCNE1 USA’s “Sunday Supper” on Medical Center, Sheba Medical Center, & Haifa University. (underwear, shoes) but also gives students a boost to their
and their correlation to March 1 self-esteem and, therefore, it gives the student the motivation
two of the most rampant cancers: Ovarian and Melanoma. ABOUT ISRAEL CANCER ASSOCIATION USA to do better in their academics as well as becoming productive
Since its inception in 1994, Israel Cancer Association citizens in our society,” said Maria Ocasio, Certified School
Each year, scientists at leading hospitals universities and USA’s mission has been to fund cancer research in Counselor.
institutions - renowned in Israel as among the top in cancer Israel. We do this by directing fellowships to individual
research - apply for research funding from Israel Cancer researchers at hospitals and research institutions throughout Judea Welcomes Seasonal
Association. Israel. All applications for fellowships are merit approved Clergy
by prominent physicians and researchers in Israel. Every
“Cancer research in Israel is conducted at a third to dollar that is donated to a fellowship goes directly to the Rabbi Golan
a quarter of the cost of like research in the United researcher; ICA keeps nothing back. Ben-Chorin has
States. This ensures the future of cancer research joined Temple
with Israel Cancer Association USA-funded ICA Headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida comprises Judea as seasonal
scientists recognized internationally as a formidable the United States arm of Israel Cancer Association (ICA), c l e r g y. B o r n
source of innovation, breakthrough thinking, and the oldest, largest and leading health-related charitable into a family of
skilled use of resources - all the consistent hallmark organization in Israel. ICA is funded entirely by private Jewish educators
of Israeli science and technology and the mission contributions, without government support. Donors can and rabbis, Rabbi
of ICA USA for the last 25 years.” be assured that 100% of donations go directly to the Ben-Chorin grew
-Bruce S. Koppel ICA USA Board President scientists for their subject, not the institution, nor for ICA
USA’s overhead. up primarily in
Recipients credited with the reported findings and Jerusalem. His
supported by the grant awards by Israel Cancer Association To learn more about Israel Cancer Association USA, and father was the first
include leading scientists from the Sheba Cancer Research the Sunday Supper event, please visit http://www.icausa. Israeli-born Reform rabbi and his grandfather was a founder
Center, an affiliate of the Tel-Aviv University Sackler org, or call 561.832.9277. of the Israeli Reform movement.
School of Medicine; and The Hebrew University of Rabbi Ben-Chorin worked for nine years as a consultant
Jerusalem - Medical School. To learn more about the study on gene JUN conducted in education across multiple continents, and was on the senior
by Hebrew University Medical School in Jerusalem, visit faculty at Brandeis University. From 2010 to 2017, he served
It is estimated for ovarian cancer in the United States this www.icausa.org. as the founding rabbi of our sister region’s congregation, Rosh
year, that approximately 22,530 women will receive a new Pina, the northernmost Reform community in Israel. As the
diagnosis of ovarian cancer, with around 13,980 women To learn more about the study on predictive biomarkers and director of Israel programs at Leo Baeck College, Rabbinic
dying from the disease. Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer treatment in ovarian cancer, visit: http://www.oncotarget. Seminary of London, he offered programs to international
deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any com/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=article&op= rabbinic students in collaboration with Haifa University.
other cancer of the female reproductive system. view&path[]=19272&path[]=61671 He has also held multiple positions as a Jewish educator
at congregations in Massachusetts, New York, Haifa, and
Jerusalem.