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“Heart of Jerusalem” National Dinner 2013 Celebrates Shaare Zedek and Supporters Spring 2014 Heartbeat Innovative Medicine in the Heart of Jerusalem “Heart of Jerusalem” National Dinner 2013 Celebrates Shaare Zedek and Supporters The 2013 National “Heart of Jerusalem” Dinner took place on November 20th, 2013 at The Pierre in New York City. Continued on page 12 National Board Chair Menno Ratzker, Jon Voight and National Board President Murray Laulicht DID YOU KNOW? Shaare Zedek recently became the first hospital in Israel to pioneer the use of “24 Sure,” which significantly increases the chances of a successful IVF procedure. Read more on page 5. NATIONAL OFFICE [email protected] Rachel Wolf, Chief Operating Officer [email protected] Sam Tuchman, Chief Financial Officer [email protected] American Committee for Gregg Raderman, Controller SHAARE ZEDEK [email protected] Medical Center in Jerusalem Robert L. Kern, Director of Innovative Medicine in the Heart of Jerusalem Marketing & Communications [email protected] NATIONAL BOARD Phone: 212.354.8801 Menno Ratzker Laura Huberfeld Chair NORTHEAST REGION Michael G. Jesselson Murray Laulicht Morrie Libman, Director of Major Gifts President Howard Jonas Sharon Goldwyn, Director Dr. Felix Glaubach Deborah Kestenbaum 55 West 39th Street, 4th Floor Vice President New York, NY 10018 Seryl Kushner Louise Kirschner Wolinetz Phone: 212.354.8801 Treasurer Dr. Ronald Krinick [email protected] Abby Ellison Kanarek Esther Lerer Secretary Larry Magid Jack C. Bendheim Stephen Matloff MIDWEST REGION Marjorie Diener Blenden Phone: 800.346.1592 Michael Nachmani Phil Friedman [email protected] Dr. Larry Platt Rabbi David Fuld Moshael Straus Francine Gani Aharon Watson SOUTHEAST REGION Alan Hirmes Deborah S. Gold, Director of Development Aliza Ranish, Regional Director, Director of Major Gifts WOMEN’S DIVISION 3275 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Suite 200 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Deborah Kestenbaum Bassie Gold Phone: 954.571.2446 President Vice President [email protected] Marjorie Diener Blenden Miriam Glaubach Co-Chair Vice President Lee Weinbach Fran Kupietzky Co-Chair Vice President WESTern REGION Hudi Askowitz Paula Lev Paul Jeser, Regional Director, Vice President Vice President National Director of Major Gifts Shelly Levy, Senior Fundraiser Jennifer Weinstein, Community Campaign Director 8671 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 712 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Phone: 310.229.0915 Heartbeat [email protected] ISRAEL Robert L. Kern Heartbeat is published by Shaare Zedek Medical Center Director of Marketing & the American Committee for PO Box 3235 Communications Shaare Zedek in Jerusalem, [email protected] Jerusalem 91031 Israel a 501 (c) (3) organization. Phone: 02.666.6622 Visit us online at: [email protected] Design studio itsuvit www.acsz.org www.szmc.org.il/eng www.itsuvit.co.il 2 Innovative Medicine in the Heart of Jerusalem Spring2014 President’s Message Inside Heartbeat Page Dear Friends, 3 President’s Message Looking back on the last few months, we can all be very proud of what 4 Profiles in Giving: Betty and Zvi Ryzman our great Hospital has accomplished and the momentous milestones it 5 Shaare Zedek News has reached. Our numbers continue 6 Women’s Division to grow as we bring more Murray J. Laulicht than 20,000 babies into the world each year, more than any other hospital in the Western world. Just last month we 12 “Heart of Jerusalem” National Dinner saw the completion of the 9th and 10th floors of the Next Generation Building. What a gratifying and emotional day it was as we rolled fifty tiny babies being treated in the Huberfeld 16 Southeast Sunset Dinner Cruise Neonatal Intensive Care Unit into their beautiful new modern home. We eagerly anticipate the full completion of the Next Generation Building by the end of 2014. 18 Around the Regions Our In-Vitro Fertilization Unit became the first in Israel to use a new technique called “24Sure,” which raises the rate of successful implantations of healthy embryos in the womb, from 24 Visiting Shaare Zedek 25% to 70%. We recently hosted a senior medical delegation from China as part of the Hospital’s ongoing effort to promote dialogue with medical communities from around the world. 25 Recession-Proof Retirement Our own Prof. Ephrat Levy-Lahad was once again featured in The Daily Beast as one of the “three BCRF-funded physicians making an impact on millions of women worldwide.” And, 28 Save the Dates this past December, Shaare Zedek successfully responded to the community’s needs when the “Snowstorm of the Century” immobilized Jerusalem. At the same time, the Hospital has remained true to its 112- year legacy of providing uncompromising, compassionate patient care to the city’s uniquely diverse population. As the “Hospital with a Heart,” we are strongly committed to treating our patients in a nurturing, supportive and caring environment. I would like to acknowledge Director-General Prof. Jonathan Fun Fact Halevy for his visionary leadership and exceptional governance, In a piece of trivia that we have been waiting several which have enabled Shaare Zedek to thrive over the years, both centuries to share, the "Gematria" (Hebrew numerical medically and financially. Under his brilliant guidance and equals that of the (תשע״ד) in partnership with his superb team of doctors, nurses and equivalent) for the year 5774 We therefore hope that .(שערי צדק) Hospital staff, Shaare Zedek continues to provide “Innovative words Shaare Zedek Medicine in the Heart of Jerusalem.” this bodes well for the coming year to be one of continued Thank you so much for your continued friendship and support. blessing and growth for our Hospital. Murray J. Laulicht President Heartbeat American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem 3 Profiles in Giving Betty and Zvi Ryzman (Los Angeles, CA) Dedicate Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Betty and Zvi Ryzman have many Due to the expanding needs imposed traits that make them unique, but it by the increasing patient load is their humble and sincere generosity throughout the Hospital, in early and kindness that truly define them. 2012, the ICU expanded from six beds to nine. A majority of the time, As a young man, Zvi attended Yishuv the ICU is at or near full capacity and HaChadash high school in Israel and with most patients spending several then the Chevron Yeshiva. Moved by days in the ICU, there are about 450 the events of June 1967, he enlisted in individual patients treated each year the Israel Defense Forces, joining the in the Unit. Nachal Chareidi program. In the years that followed, he earned a degree in Given the understanding that most political science and economics at Tel patients treated in the ICU are Aviv University, while attending both facing very complex and typically a kollel and the Ponovezh Yeshiva. Zvi life-threatening conditions, there is a later returned to the Chevron Yeshiva heightened emphasis on ensuring that where he received his semicha having in addition to top professionalism, earned “Yoreh-Yoreh, Yadin-Yadin” Doctors and patient in Ryzman Family ICU empathy and personalized attention ordination. stand at the forefront of the care- giving process. In many cases in the ICU, the patient may be comatose or On a brief visit to New York, Zvi met Betty, now his wife of more unaware of his or her surroundings. In those instances, the job of the than 40 years, and they moved to her native Los Angeles. Today, physicians and nurses is to ensure that an equal level of compassion he is the president and CEO of the Los Angeles based American is extended to the patients’ families. Every effort is made to keep International Industries (AII). family members fully informed of their loved one’s condition and of the medical options available to the patient. While all medical But there is a lot more to Zvi than his achievements in the beauty departments in Shaare Zedek are renowned for their emphasis on business. As a rabbi, writer and teacher, he relies upon a value individualized care, system consistent with religious law. In any ordinary week, Zvi for obvious reasons gives three complex shiurim in Gemara and halacha to a group of this is something that fellow businesspeople. Once a month, he offers original thoughts we advocate all the on different topics and once a year, he bundles these presentations more in the ICU. together in a volume titled Ratz KeZvi. It was for one of these volumes that he received the Jerusalem Prize for Torah Literature. The experience He has now published almost a dozen volumes, with two of them acquired at Shaare translated into English and released by ArtScroll Publications as Zedek in treating The Wisdom in the Hebrew Months. severely injured patients as a result of Press conference in Ryzman Family ICU In 2013, after the exciting merger of Shaare Zedek and Bikur Cholim, explosions and terror the Ryzmans, decided to dedicate the Zvi and Betty Ryzman Family attacks has made the ICU teams an educational resource around the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Shaare Zedek. world. Our physicians and emergency managers have been regularly called upon to lecture in numerous high-level forums on this topic The ICU is a major unit whose activities are linked in many ways to and medical protocols developed and used at Shaare Zedek have almost every medical department in the Hospital. Located on the been introduced at many leading medical facilities that face a similar eighth floor of Shaare Zedek, the ICU is charged with treating the threat to that which we face in Jerusalem. most seriously ill and injured patients from throughout the Hospital. The large majority of patients in the ICU are post-surgical patients The Shaare Zedek Family is so honored to partner with the Ryzmans (about 70 percent) and the remainder, come to the ICU via the in their efforts to save lives and bring comfort and healing to so internal medicine and emergency departments.
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