In a new network, Jewish cancer survivors are finding the understanding they need

Published on July 12, 2012

Roni Bibring was 15 when she was diagnosed with leukemia. Four years later, her treatment completed, she says her biggest challenge -- having lost touch with many of her friends -- is making new friends who understand what she’s been through.

Acclaimed writer Nora Ephron dead at 71

Published on June 26, 2012

Writer and film director Nora Ephron, known for work on movies such as "When Harry Met Sally," has died in New York at age 71, according to media reports Tuesday night, hours after it was first revealed that she was gravely ill and near death.

Doctor fighting leukemia seeks matching donor

Published on June 13, 2012

A veteran physician diagnosed with leukemia is hoping to find a compatible bone marrow match within the Jewish community to help him beat back the life-threatening disease. Be The Match, the National Marrow Donor Registry, is holding a donor screening on Thursday at USC’s Rand Schrader Health and Research Center.

For Marla Gilson, leukemia sparks massive Jewish bone marrow drive—and fight with employer

Published on March 29, 2011

Marla Gilson found out in January that she had acute leukemia. By March, she learned that her disease had cost her not only her good health, but her job leading an advocacy group for the Jewish aged. In quick succession, friends, colleagues and acquaintances in Washington’s Jewish activist community rallied to Gilson’s bedside to support her in her fight with her employer -- the Association of Jewish Aging Services -- and also to champion a wider cause: registering Ashkenazi Jews as potential bone marrow donors.

Easing the Pain

By Beverly Gray
Published on October 2, 1997

Ethan Gura doesn't remember his sister. Still, he cannot forgether. He can't forget that Rebecca Alexandra Gura died in 1991 after afour and a half year battle with leukemia. She was then six yearsold. He was three.