Papal Visit Purim Millennium Snow in Jer. Judy Siegel-Itzkovich writes about a new voluntary organization that goes right to the heart of the matter There is no lonelier experience than being diagnosed with cancer. Even if there are loved ones around to offer support, they may not know how and can't understand what the cancer victim is going through as well as another patient can.
Cancer treatment goes beyond chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
Those are only part of the care. The Jerusalem Support Center for Those Affected by Cancer. Like many nonprofit groups devoted to a cause, Ma'agan was established after a personal encounter with a problem - just like Zichron Menahem was set up by the Ehrenthal family after their teenage son died of cancer, and Yad Sarah was founded by the Lupoliansky family when a neighbor needed a simple vaporizer. Miri Rosenfeld, an American-born graphic artist, wife and mother of three sons living in Nataf outside Jerusalem, died in her early 40s of breast cancer over two years ago. She was my patient, and she received very good care.