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Still from "Love, Danielle," a film about genetic cancer and the decisions a woman has to make. (Courtesy)
Posted inHealth

This advocate found dark comedy in her cancer ‘previvor’ journey and film

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 8, 2025December 9, 2025

Amy Byer Shainman has spent more than a decade helping people understand the life-altering implications of genetic cancer-causing mutations. Now, she has a new outlet for everything she’s learned — […]

An ad from a 1991 issue of the Jewish Bulletin, this publication's previous name.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Breast cancer is still a fight but it’s no longer a death sentence

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
Ashkenazi men can carry harmful mutations of the BRCA gene, putting them at elevated risk not only of breast cancer, but also of melanoma and prostate, ovarian and pancreatic cancer. Yet there are precautions they can take to minimize their risks. (Photo/JTA-Thomas Barwick-Getty Images)
Posted inSPONSORED CONTENT

Hereditary cancers aren’t just a women’s problem. Jewish men need to take precautions too.

by Larry Luxner and JTA December 16, 2022December 16, 2022
Elizabeth Wurtzel (JTA/Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)
Posted inHealth

‘Prozac Nation’ author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies of breast cancer at age 52

by Emily Burack and JTA January 8, 2020
Pink Challah Bake on Nov. 14 in Palo Alto to promote awareness of genetic mutations that raise cancer risks. (Sarah Felson)
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Women, girls think pink at Palo Alto Challah Bake

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
portrait of a middle-age blonde woman in a pink jacket
Posted inHealth

Learn more about BRCA gene, join a study — or do both

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 15, 2019
Breast cancer cells (Photo/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inNews

Panel to help ease BRCA cancer fears with the facts

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 19, 2019March 22, 2019
Raleigh Zwerin, who found out in 2015 that she and her sister had the BRCA mutation, will speak on a panel about the gene that affects one in 40 Ashkenazi Jews. Seen here with her mother-in-law, Lonnie Zwerin.
Posted inHealth

At S.F. synagogue: BRCA, cancer and Ashkenazi genetics

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 17, 2018September 17, 2018
Low-magnification micrograph of ovarian cancer cells. Ovarian cancer is particularly common among Ashkenazi Jews. (Photo/Wikimedia-Nephron CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inOpinion

When cancer struck, my relationship to Judaism evolved

Marcia Renée Goodman by Marcia Renée Goodman October 2, 2017
Clason and Monin look on as Brown twirls in a colorful cape. Braves plays violin.
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In new play, cancer brings a sense of connection and a new tribe

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 18, 2017March 23, 2018

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