For more information about the Rachel's Society, please call Donna Kurz at (212)969-9800.
"Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded"
Jeremiah, Chapter 31, Verse 15
Rachel's Society is a select program of the annual ICRF Evening of Breast Cancer Awareness.
Designed for the major donor who contributes a minimun gift of $5,000, members of Rachel's Society are recognized with an engraved Rachel's Tzedakah Box during the Evening's program, invited to a private reception with the Honorary Chair, and asked to attend plenary Committee Meetings regarding future Evenings of Breast Cancer Awareness.
The funds raised by Rachel's Society members will support a breast cancer research grant named in honor of the Society. If a member individually funds a full breast cancer research grant, that grant will be named solely in that donor's honor.
ICRF Invites you to be a partner in the funding of breast cancer research in Israel. We ask that you consider one of the following suggested levels of giving:
Rachel's Society
Friend
$500
Rachel's Society
Associate*^
$5,000
Rachel's Society
Patron*^
$10,000
Rachel's Society
Fellow*^
$25,000
Rachel's Society
Partner*^
$30,000
Rachel's Society
Benefactor*^
$35,000
* Membership in Rachel's Society
^ Fellows, Partners, and Benefactors fund an ICRF grant, named as the donor designates, for one year.
The Annual ICRF Evening of Breast Cancer Awareness and its special program, Rachel's Society, have proudly supported these innovative research studies:
| 2005/2006 |
The Breast Cancer Awareness Award in honor of Dr. Mona Ackerman, Maralyn & Isidore Friedman, Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, Drs. Julie & Hal Mitnick, Rita & Fred Richman, and Judith & Isaac Sherman.
Ari Elson, Ph.D. - Weizmann Institute of Science |
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| 2004/2005 |
The Breast Cancer Awareness Award in honor of Florence & Michael Edelstein, Beatrice Gindea, Lee Lench, Arlene Morrow, Rita & Fred Richman, Judith & Isaac Sherman and Maxine Stein-Kohler.
Ronit Yarden, Ph.D. - Chaim Sheba Medical Center. |
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| 2003/2004 |
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The Breast Cancer Awareness Award in honor of Maralyn & Isidore Friedman, Rita & Fred Richman and Judith & Isaac Sherman.
Amiram Goldblum, Ph.D. - Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
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| 2002/2003 |
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The Breast Cancer Awareness Award in honor of Roslyn Sobel. Dan Hershko, M.D. - Rambam Medical Center
Agnes Klochendler-Yeivin, Ph.D. - Hebrew University/Hadassah Medical School. |
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| 2001/2002 |
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The Rachel's Society Fellowship for Breast Cancer Awareness in honor of Mrs. Fanya Heller, Mr. & Mrs. E. John Rosenwald, Jr. and Mr. David N. Weinstein
Yael Mardor, Ph.D.
Chaim Sheba Medical Center |
This researcher is using magnetic resonance imaging techniques as a non-invasive tool to study the effects and mechanisms of anticancer drugs on breast tumor cells as well as to differentiate between benign and malignant tissue. |
| 2000/2002 |
The Breast Cancer Awareness Award in honor of Dr. Mona Ackerman
Ada Rephaeli, Ph.D.
Rabin Medical Center |
This researcher is examining the underlying biochemical and cellular mechanisms by which compounds that deliver drugs directly to a target site in the body, in combination with a common chemotherapy agent, affect drug-resistant breast tumors. |
| 1999/2000 |
The Breast Cancer Awareness Award
Talila Volk, Ph.D.
Weizmann Institute of Science |
Neuregulins, a family of growth factors that regulate neural and muscle development, may also play a role in oncogenic transformation of mammary cells. This project focused on the molecular events that regulate neuregulin activity. |
