Project Judah

Last Sunday at the Israel Independence Day Festival in Woodley Park we registered over 75 people to be on the National Bone Marrow and Stem Cell donor list. We think this is a great success. Thanks to Dave N. Mike, Alissa, Barak . This is the first of many planned for this year.
The City of Hope registrars were just the best.

It was hard and emotional. Judah's story was front and center at our booth. Many people from the community came up and expressed their sadness at Judah's passing. Yet, we all know that Judah wanted more people to become involved. We only hope that soon there will be a cure for theses diseases that require stem cell transplants. In the meantime we need to increase the donor data base.

Judah would have enjoyed the scene. Lots of people milling around, all sizes, shapes, ethnicity was predominately but not exclusively Israeli. Food was good, music was loud, and even now women flocked to him. Three lovely women came to register and were taken by his photo and his story. They also were medical residents having graduated from Sackler medical school where Judah got his degree.

I can see him sitting there with his blue eyes just enjoying the moment.

Martha