Sunday Ceremony At Computer History Museum To Honor Medical Donors

The Northwest Region of The American Committee for Shaare Zedek in Jerusalem will honor Jack and Candee Klein of Hillsborough on Sunday, October 26, at 6 pm at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.

Five years ago Jack Klein and his late wife, Elisa z’l, with a $1million gift, funded the NOGA Clinic which deals with the prevention and treatment of Breast Cancer at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. NOGA, in Hebrew, means “radiance” and is also the acronym for “Women at High Risk.” Shaare Zedek’s NOGA clinic is the only one of its kind in Israel.

Jack and Elisa Klein also donated the Paramedics Lounge in the Weinstock Department of Emergency Medicine in the Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Floor at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Now, with a $2.5 million gift to Shaare Zedek, Jack and Candee Klein have funded Shaare Zedek’s Diagnostic Breast Imaging Center (DBIC). The DBIC is a brand new facility dedicated to comprehensive preventative, diagnostic and ongoing treatment of the wide range of breast health issues.

The program will feature an update on Shaare Zedek Medical Center by Director-General Prof. Jonathan Halevy and excerpts from “A Jew Grows in Brooklyn” starring Jake Ehrenreich.

For further information on attending this special evening honoring Jack and Candee Klein and placing a message in the virtual Journal, call 310.229.0915 or email NorthwestRegion@acsz.org.

American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center (ACSZ) raises funds to support the work of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. For 112 years the Hospital has played an essential role in the life of the city and its uniquely diverse population, providing an exceptional blend of advanced medicine, modern innovation and compassion to all who enter its doors. The 1,000 bed facilities treat more than 835,000 patients a year in its 30 inpatient departments, 70 outpatient units and ER. The Wilf Woman and Infant Center on “Charlie’s Floor” and Shaare Zedek’s (Bikur Cholim) City Center campus welcomed more than 20,000 babies in 2013, making it the most active maternity department in the country and most likely the entire Western world. Other Shaare Zedek “Centers of Excellence” include the Jesselson Heart Center, Jerusalem’s premier cardiac care center, The Weinstock Department of Emergency Medicine on the Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Floor and The Glaubach Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Shaare Zedek serves as a teaching hospital, fully academically affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Photo of Jack and Candy Klein and information courtesy of American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.