{"id":4251,"date":"2017-10-18T13:02:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T17:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2017-10-18T13:02:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T17:02:01","slug":"the-giving-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/the-giving-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Giving Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Moriel Matalon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Moriel Matalon<\/strong> is Managing Partner at Israel\u2019s well known Gornitzky Law Office<\/strong>. In addition, he is chairman of Unicef- Israel<\/strong>, the local branch of the UN\u2019s International Children\u2019s Emergency Fund. He had climbed high on the ladder of success but his position did not intimidate the fiend named Cancer<\/strong> who arrived uninvited as a nightmare set to destroy Moriel<\/strong>\u2019s life and that of his family. They were devastated. The doctors held out only one ray of hope: a bone marrow transplant<\/a>. Would a genetically matching donor<\/strong> be found? In time? Before\u2026? Mr. Matalon<\/strong> was among the fortunate ones. Avi Cohen, one among over 850,000 potential Ezer Mizion donors, was that match. It\u2019s a year and a half later and a healthy Moriel<\/strong> met Avi for the first time. \u201cIt was exhilarating to find myself in the same room with a man whose life I personally had saved,\u201d exclaimed Avi. Moriel<\/strong> hugged his benefactor in a wordless expression of gratitude for the gift that can never be paid back. As grateful as he and his family were, there remained the \u2018missing piece\u2019: the feeling of no possible way of repaying the unrepayable.<\/p>\n

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Stem cells being removed from blood of donor to be transplanted into patient<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All that changed recently when Moriel<\/strong> re-entered the hospital doors, a place of so many memories. This time it was not with the trepidation of a very questionable future but to accompany his nephew who would be on the\u00a0 donating \u00a0side, whose marrow will save the life<\/strong> of another Jew. The unrepayable was about to be paid back. The circle was being closed.<\/p>\n

Rochie Meth, a key Ezer Mizion employee, writes: My everyday reality takes me through Ezer Mizion’s various departments and branches. There, I encounter a large number of sick people \u00ad\u2013 people with physical maladies, mental illness, mobility impairments, and mental disabilities. Many days, I come home and cry over everything I’ve seen over the course of the day \u2013 the unending struggle that these patients and their family face! Their fear and anxiety over the future! The pressure of having to function in the midst of this volcanic eruption\u2026<\/p>\n

For many of them, illness knocks at the door as a totally unexpected surprise, interrupting rosy dreams and a marvelous life routine. For others, illness is a long, drawn-out agony, what people call “an unending chain of troubles.”<\/p>\n

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Giving…receiving…giving with love<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For all of them, it hurts, causes an upheaval, and is very, very difficult! Yet, in the midst of all this suffering, there are wonderful individuals among Ezer Mizion staff and volunteers, who have joined as one, warm, embracing family to envelop these people with love, with physical and emotional support, a family that thinks constantly how to make it easier for people to better deal with their health challenges.<\/p>\n

Our greatest difficulty here at Ezer Mizion is when we are forced to say a final “good-bye” to those dear people, whom we loved very much\u2026those that, in spite of all of our efforts, didn\u2019t make it to the happy ending we had envisioned for them<\/p>\n

However, our greatest joy is to see others who emerge from the sea of pain and come join us now as healthy volunteers to be on the giving end. Thank G-d, there are many of them!<\/p>\n

Bone marrow recipients<\/strong>\u2026bone marrow donors<\/strong>\u2026people in need\u2026people who give<\/strong>\u2026receivers who regain their health and become givers\u2026Ezer Mizion:<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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