New York Times: "Israel leads in donating kidneys"

Not every day can one see a picture of an Orthodox Jew in the most popular newspaper in the world - but renowned reporter Kevin Sack, who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize and the world's leading press release awards, chose to devote his article this week in the leading newspaper in the United States and one of the most popular and influential papers in the world - "The New York Times", to the subject of kidney transplant and noted the fact that one of the leading countries in kidney donations from the living, is Israel, when this is done thanks to the great awareness that exists among the Israeli public following the activities of Rabbi Yeshayahu Haber, chairman of "Gift of Life" organization who himself has an implanted kidney, and chose to dedicate his life to improving the lives of kidney patients, take care to deepen awareness of the contributions of live kidney donations, and help identify potential donors for patients in need of kidney transplant to save lives, while so far he managed to find more than one hundred donors who saved the lives of others.

An article that is making waves in the world of international medicine - says that compared to the low number of transplants from donors of brain death, due to halachic objections, the kidney transplants from living donors the response in Israel is one of the largest in the world. Rabbi Yeshayahu Haber is quoted in the article as one who caused a significant shift in consciousness in Israel, and because of whom many have already gained a kidney transplant.

Speaking to the newspaper, Rabbi Haber explained the distinction between donations after death and donations from the living, saying that "the fact that I'm in the issue of transplants for the last seven years has not changed my mind about donations after brain death, I am a student of Rabbi Elyashiv zt"l who ruled that brain death is not called death, compared with a kidney donation that saves lives and does not affect the quality of life or the life of the donor who gets to save lives."

Other professors are noted in the article, who indicate the Israeli bureaucracy which makes it difficult to donate a kidney, but also point out the fact that in Israel there is an increase in live donors on behalf of kidney patients. "So far, thank God, we were able to save many, thanks to the donations of people who saved other Jews, and we hope to continue to save as many Jewish lives thanks to the important issue of raising awareness," said Rabbi Yeshayahu Haber.

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