Hole in One’s a winner

A golf tournament to benefit Ezer Mizion’s International Jewish Bone Marrow Registry took place at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club on Sept. 8, each participant striking another blow against cancer.

Ezer Mizion has helped save the lives of over 1,500 — many of them small children.

September 8 was a day of victory, a day to enlarge the Registry so that more life-saving matches will be found. Every player was a winner, helping to save the lives of cancer patients whose only chance for a future is a bone marrow transplant. 

Etzer Mitzion salues its hard-working committee members: Stuart Alter Simeon Chiger, Aaron Cynamon, Alex Dembitzer, Robert Eisman, Ben Englander, Dudie Frankel, Jason Greenberg, Dr. Aaron C. Katz, Lawrence J. Levine, David Lyons, Manny Malekan, Mark Marmurstein, Dr. David Ritholtz, Marc Soskel.

Ofra Konikoff, Ezer Mizion’s chief transplant coordinator, spoke at the post-tournament dinner thanking the guests and sponsors for joining in this most vital mission.

“The very same IDF soldiers that protected Israel during the frightening weeks of Operation Protective Edge are protecting Jews around the globe by their having joined the Registry,” Konikoff said. “How are they able to join? Because people like you have contributed generously for the costly DNA testing. You have truly helped to save lives.”