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| A Typical Day at Ezer Mizion (09/12) |
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A patient lies helpless in a hospital bed. His family surrounds him. The room is filled with tension. He has one chance to live. A bone marrow transplant can save his life but a genetically matching donor is needed.
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| The Prick that Produced a Hero (09/12) |
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The day Einav Lulian made her way through the frantic atmosphere of the recruitment base, waiting for her new green IDF uniform, she never thought that with a little pinch of a needle at the Ezer Mizion bone marrow sample testing booth, she could save...
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| Dinner at the Venetian (09/12) |
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It's not about numbers. It's all about people. People who are at the brink of despair. People who can't plan for the future because there may not be a future. Jewish cancer patients, who are told that their only chance to survive is...
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| How Good It Will Be in the New Year (09/12) |
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Six year old Shachar has bone cancer. His dream was to sing in a recording studio. Ezer Mizion arranged it for him and little Shachar's dream came true last week.Shachar was joined by his friends - other cancer patients who are also cared for by Ezer...
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| Lifting the Fog on Mental Health (08/12) |
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While awareness of physical health challenges is popular and encouraged, the area of mental health often remains shrouded in a fog. Ezer Mizion has been working in recent years to create a turnaround in this attitude. Knowledge is strength, and...
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| Don't Lose Sight - All About AMD (08/12) |
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Ezer Mizion's Malka Hager Fitness Center is continuing to attract and educate seniors with its relevant and informative lectures. The latest one took place at Ezer Mizion's Jacob Fried Building about common eye diseases among the...
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| Combined Federal Campaign and Ezer Mizion (08/12) |
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Since 2007 Ezer Mizion has been chosen as a participant in the U.S. government program's Combined Federal Campaign that offers federal employees the opportunity of making contributions to non-profit organizations...
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| My Summer Camp Fun (07/12) |
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"The annual summer camp of Ezer Mizion's Matan Club for kids with CP finally arrived. I look forward to it the entire year. Every year, we go for a four-day retreat with Mattan, each time to a different location. This time, we went to..."
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| Matan Summer Camp for Kids with CP (07/12) |
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Fifty teens and young adults with CP and other physical handicaps returned from the annual summer retreat for members of Ezer Mizion's Matan activity clubs. a program for teens and young adults with CP (cerebral palsy). At Matan, the participants enjoy...
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| Appreciation Evening in Netivot (07/12) |
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A special "Evening of Appreciation" was held in Netivot, a town in southern Israel, honoring the organizations that work selflessly on behalf of the city's population. The event was organized by the...
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| Ironic Twist of Fate (07/12) |
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A little over one month ago, Ezer Mizion coordinated a massive bone marrow donor recruitment drive throughout Israel. The drive's goal was to enlarge the Registry and increase the presence of...
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| Officers Course Comrades and Blood Brothers (06/12) |
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In the course of Itai Chanan's army service, he was diagnosed with blood cancer. The one who donated bone marrow to him is a soldier himself. "Anything I will ever do in my lifetime is all thanks to him," says...
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| Alon Meets Uri Zohar (06/12) |
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Alon Paz has been hospitalized for over two years in the respiratory unit at Beit Rivkah, after sustaining serious injury in a road accident. The days drag on and there is little his family can do to ease his...
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| Celebration of Gratitude (06/12) |
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Last week, a mesibat hodaya - celebration of gratitude - was held for the son of Avi Surias a dedicated ambulance driver for Ezer Mizion, whose son recovered from serious injuries sustained after he...
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| Over 20,000 Join Registry in Ethnic Drive (05/12) |
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Ezer Mizion summed up the ethnic drive that took place throughout Israel on May 31 with deep satisfaction. More than 20,000 members of the Bukharan, Georgian, Yemenite, Kurdish, Caucasian, Iraqi, and Ethiopian ethnic groups joined in the Registry at...
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| Come Save Worlds! (05/12) |
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Rabbi Chananya Chollak, International Chairman of Ezer Mizion, and thanked him for the Ezer Mizion's important life-saving work. He added: "I call upon Israeli residents of all ethnicities to...
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| Cancer Patient Dies on Day of the Drive (05/12) |
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Yosef Karchili, one of the four poster patients representing different ethnic communities for Ezer Mizion's recent ethnic stem cell donor recruitment drive, died on the day of the drive. Yosef Karchili, father of two, a member of ...
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| "Ethnic Genie" Drive - May 31 |
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On Thursday, May 31, a nationwide stem cell donor recruitment drive will take place throughout Israel. The drive is focused specifically on donors from the Iraqi, Yemenite, Georgian, Bukharan, Caucasian, Kurdish and Ethiopian ethnic...
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| Ezer Mizion – at the Ready in Meron Once Again (05/12) |
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This year, once again, Ezer Mizion's network of ambulances and special vehicles were on call to transport the handicapped and mobility impaired population coming to pray at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on Lag Ba'omer. The vehicles...
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| Shavim - a Sight for Sore Eyes (05/12) |
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Nobody likes to be viewed as different from the norm. For the child with vision impairment, the emotional challenge of feeling different from his peers is as real as the practical challenges of coping with the physical limitations. Ezer Mizion's new...
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| Annual BMDR Report |
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2011 Annual Report for Ezer Mizion's Bone Marrow Registry and Cancer Support Services
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| Malka Hager Fitness Center Activity Summary |
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2011 brought with it a range of innovative activities and opened new vistas for the senior population at Malka Hager Fitness Center. Click to view our 2011 Activity Summary.
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| The One Thousand Milestone (04/12) |
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This month our Registry crossed a major milestone: the 1,000 mark transplant. The lucky stem cell donor, is 20 year old Paulina, an IDF soldier. Paulina joined Ezer Mizion's Registry at her induction in to...
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| Quick Service for the Handicapped (04/12) |
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Bnei Brak's Central Municipal Help-Line 106 will operate a special service giving high priority and speedy attention to calls from the handicapped population. The Center will provide suitable service and technical solutions offering...
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| Food Packages and Cooked Meals for Pesach (04/12) |
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All year round, Ezer Mizion works with consistency and dedication to bring a smile to the face of every person, no matter who he is and what are his struggles. As Pesach approaches, the volunteers redouble their efforts...
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| Sweet Retreat at Oranit for Yeshiva Boys (04/12) |
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For people with juvenile diabetes, one corner of the mind is focused at all times on sugar levels, insulin injections, and carbohydrate counts. When the diabetic is a student living in a dormitory...
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