Welcome to my site, and heartfelt thanks for your interest in learning more about me and my urgent search for an altruistic kidney donor
Ben FrankeL
About Me
Raised in New York City, I pursued undergrad and graduate studies in the humanities at the University of Chicago (BA, MA, ABD), followed by a law degree (JD) from UCLA. After practicing corporate insolvency law in LA, I moved to Hong Kong where I became active in the Jewish community leadership (board of congregation; recruited directors of the Jewish community center, the Jewish day school, and two congregational rabbis).
In 2000 I co-founded and served as administrative director of a new nonprofit international school, Hong Kong Academy, and, while administering the school, enrolled in and completed (2006) the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program (KH08). In 2008, I launched another NGO, China Schools Foundation, focusing on programs to improve primary education in rural China. An early program sponsored by a company in Xian was honored with a national corporate social responsibility award.
I made Aliyah in 2013 and have been doing graduate coursework in Second Temple and late antique history and texts at Hebrew University, simultaneously serving as editor of scholarly books and journals.
Resources
About Kidney Donation
An authoritative and comprehensive overview by Lloyd E. Ratner, MD, Director, Renal and Pancreatic Transplant Program, Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital
https://columbiasurgery.org/media-learning-center/about-kidney-donation
Select information from Israel’s Ministry of Health
Organ Transplant from Live Donors
https://www.gov.il/en/departments/guides/living-donor-organ-transplant
Kidney Transplant
https://www.gov.il/he/departments/guides/organ-transplant?chapterIndex=3
Donor Compensation and Reimbursement
https://www.gov.il/en/Departments/Guides/living-donor-organ-transplant?chapterIndex=2
Renewal
Facts about kidney disease: https://www.renewal.org/aboutkidneydisease
Clearly presented FAQs: https://www.renewal.org/faqs
Revivo Links
Two reports about a remarkable family of three altruistic kidney donors
https://www.srugim.co.il/478660-צפו-המשפחה-הסרוגה-שתרמה-שלוש-כליות
https://www.facebook.com/livedonorsIL/videos/ראיון-עם-ערוץ-13/455940966214812/
Just think, people have no problem having only one kidney, so we have to ask, why did G-d give us two kidneys? Perhaps it is so you would have an extra one to donate and save a life!
Dr. Stuart Greenstein, Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Professor of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
How you can help
I welcome the opportunity to provide further information regarding next steps
or to answer any questions you may have.
Email: benfrankel88@gmail.com
Phone: 054-818-6895
If you prefer to follow up with someone other than myself, be in touch with Rabbi, Dr. (PhD) Seth Farber
Email: shaul4ben@gmail.com
My thanks in advance for forwarding information
about this outreach effort to your circle of contacts.
