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Curing Breast Cancer Jewishly

Curing Breast Cancer Jewishly
Carly Freedman

Yeah, it stinks when community-wide events fall on Jewish holidays. But these Wisconsin teens didn't let that stop them from organizing a breast cancer walk of their own. Read on to see how they did it.

When I found out that the Wisconsin leg of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure breast cancer walk was being held on Rosh Hashanah, I was really disappointed. Soon, the girls in my local BBYO chapter and I learned that other people in the Jewish community were also upset by this. We took it upon ourselves to organize a walk for breast cancer that the whole community could participate in, especially the Jewish community, who missed out on the first walk. So, the Eden B'nai Brith Girls of Wisconsin Region BBYO organized a Jewish Walk for Breast Cancer on October 22, 2006.



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