1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminRegister to become a bone marrow donor - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HGBRTpg1iO"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2011/04/27/ideas/register-to-become-a-bone-marrow-donor">Register to become a bone marrow donor</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2011/04/27/ideas/register-to-become-a-bone-marrow-donor/embed#?secret=HGBRTpg1iO" width="600" height="338" title="“Register to become a bone marrow donor” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="HGBRTpg1iO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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To the Editor: In response to JTA’s piece about Marla Gilson’s struggle to keep her job with the Association of Jewish Aging Services as she fights leukemia, the last paragraph noted that "The last major, communitywide bone marrow registry drive among Washington-area Jews was in 1989, when a young Jewish woman, Allison Atlas, was diagnosed […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315