Jewish Ideas to Change the World

Judy Firestone Singer, Director of Development for Matnat Chaim (https://kilya.org.il/en/), presents her Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Tales on Saving Lives in Israel Through Inspiring Kidney Donations!" before an audience at the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center(www.vosjcc.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ.

Many thanks to the Jewish Book Council (www.jewishbookcouncil.org/) for co-sponsoring this event!

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ABOUT THIS LECTURE: “Whoever saves one life, it is as though he has saved the entire world.”Over the past several years, Israel has been transformed in an unexpected way: from a country some of whose citizens were notoriously active in organ trafficking, it has become the country with the world’s highest percentage of altruistic kidney donors!

Along with some enlightened and ground-breaking legislation, this is largely due to the activity of an Israeli nonprofit called Matnat Chaim (Hebrew for “gift of life”) which recruits and supports healthy living donors who give their kidneys to strangers. Judy Singer donated her kidney in 2013 to Rena and found it to be a life-changing experience. Join us to hear more about this moving, fascinating, and uniquely Israeli/Jewish phenomenon.

Donate to Matnat Chaim HERE: https://secured.israelgives.org/donate/matnat/

Learn more about the work of Matnat Chaim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mu_7VQMr3w

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Judy Firestone Singer, Director of Development for Matnat Chaim (https://kilya.org.il/en/), presents her Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Tales on Saving Lives in Israel Through Inspiring Kidney Donations!" before an audience at the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center(www.vosjcc.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. Many thanks to the Jewish Book Council (www.jewishbookcouncil.org/) for co-sponsoring this event! DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP ABOUT THIS LECTURE: “Whoever saves one life, it is as though he has saved the entire world.”Over the past several years, Israel has been transformed in an unexpected way: from a country some of whose citizens were notoriously active in organ trafficking, it has become the country with the world’s highest percentage of altruistic kidney donors! Along with some enlightened and ground-breaking legislation, this is largely due to the activity of an Israeli nonprofit called Matnat Chaim (Hebrew for “gift of life”) which recruits and supports healthy living donors who give their kidneys to strangers. Judy Singer donated her kidney in 2013 to Rena and found it to be a life-changing experience. Join us to hear more about this moving, fascinating, and uniquely Israeli/Jewish phenomenon. Donate to Matnat Chaim HERE: https://secured.israelgives.org/donate/matnat/ Learn more about the work of Matnat Chaim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mu_7VQMr3w For more info, please visit: www.valleybeitmidrash.org/ www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/VOSJCC/ www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ https://www.facebook.com/matnatchaim.eng/ ★ Support this podcast ★

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Jewish Ideas to Change the World delivers thought-provoking content by leading Jewish thinkers with diverse perspectives and backgrounds. It is produced by Valley Beit Midrash.

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