{"id":1672,"date":"2013-10-28T10:12:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T14:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezermizionusa.org\/blog\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2013-10-28T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T14:14:51","slug":"chief-rabbi-ephraim-mirvis-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/chief-rabbi-ephraim-mirvis-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"The JC.com: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rabbi Ephraim and Valerie Mirvis with Ezer Mizion’s Ofra Konikoff Photo: John Rifkin<\/p>\n

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By Charlotte Oliver<\/a>, October 28, 2013 TheJC.com<\/p>\n

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis spoke at the Ezer Mizion gala dinner about the \u201cremarkable examples of chesed\u201d he experienced while visiting his late daughter in hospital.<\/p>\n

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Addressing a room of 250 at the Marriot Hotel\"\"<\/a> in Grosvenor Square people Rabbi Mirvis said: \u201cI\u2019m standing here before you because our daughter Liora asked me to do whatever I can for the sake of Ezer Mizion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLiora represented the positivity of life in challenging circumstances \u2014 and that\u2019s what Ezer Mizion represents.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the largest Jewish bone marrow registry in the world, the health support organisation has more than 685,000 registered Jewish bone marrow donors, including a quarter of a million IDF soldiers. Its goal is to reach one million registered donors so that, according to its chief transplant co-ordinator Ofra Konikoff, \u201cwe can create a safety net\"\"<\/a> for all Jewish people\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Ezer Mizion supported the Chief Rabbi and his family in Israel when his late daughter, Liora Graham, was ill with colon cancer\"\"<\/a>. She passed away in August 2011 aged 30.<\/p>\n

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Now the organisation is dedicating a floor in her name in its new International Bone Marrow Donor Registry Centre in Israel. The \u00a3390,000 raised on Monday night will go towards this project.<\/p>\n

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Rabbi Mirvis said: \u201cWe feel so touched and honoured to be able to give Liora this privilege and we cannot thank you enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Chief Rabbi also told how Liora and her family had attended an Ezer Mizion summer camp only a few weeks before she passed away. He said: \u201cThe sensitivity and professionalism was something remarkable.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe key factor was simcha \u2014 they were there to give people happy, meaningful experiences. Liora herself hardly participated in any of the activities because she was so ill at the time, but it was just a remarkable event.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rabbi Mirvis told his audience: \u201cEzer Mizion says \u2018Let\u2019s give people the<\/p>\n

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to rejoice\u2019. That certainly was the hallmark of Liora\u2019s life, and that is why the connection between Liora and a floor in the new building which is going up in her name is something simply amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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