[chicago-aneinu] Bone Marrow match urgently needed for 2-year old

GALICIA Digest for Thursday, May 05, 2011.

1. Bone Marrow match urgently needed for 2-year old New Jersey resident

Although I am a long-time researcher (JewishGen Registration No.
3829), this is the most important message I have ever written.
My 2-year old grandson Ezra Fineman has a rare primary immune
deficiency called Hyper IgM Syndrome. The only cure is a bone
marrow transplant. He needs to find a donor that is his perfect
match and that match could be YOU or a member of your family.
Since tissue type is inherited, Ezra's best chance of finding a
match lies with those of Eastern European ancestry, particularly
Polish and Hungarian. The towns and surnames associated with
Ezra's ancestry are listed below. However, donors of *all*
backgrounds are needed and the Gift of Life Foundation is making
it easy for you to join the bone marrow registry to see if you may
be Ezra's perfect match or some other patient's miracle match.

Here's how you can participate:

1) Potential donors must be age 18-60 and in general good
health to join the registry.

Cheek swab test kits can be ordered online through Gift of Life
Bone Marrow Foundation at
https://www.giftoflife.org/dc/Help4Ezra/blog.aspx
or find a bone marrow drive near you at:
http://www.giftoflife.org/Public/Events.aspx

2) If you are above the age of 60, please encourage your family
members and friends to join the registry.

3) If you reside outside of the United States and Canada, please
contact help4ezra@gmail.com for more information.

4) For more information, please go to:
https://www.giftoflife.org/dc/Help4Ezra/blog.aspx or contact
help4ezra@gmail.com. The Gift of Life Coordinator for this project
is Shayne Pilpel. Shayne would be pleased to answer any
questions about the Gift of Life Foundation and can be reached at:
spilpel@giftoflife.org

On behalf of my daughter and son-in-law, Robin and Evan
Fineman, the parents of Ezra, I thank you for whatever role you or
family can play at this critical time.

Karen Lefkowitz
Monsey, NY

Towns and surnames associated with Ezra's ancestry are:

Poland
Stopnica area: BORKENSZTAJN, ZISSER, SUSSER, KAFEL, LINDER
Tarnow and Szczucin area: SUSSER
Bialystok, Trzcianne, Goniadz area: BLACHER, PERLIS, BALABUS,
BLOCK, LEVIN, DUDINSKY, GEDRES, COHEN
Nowogrod and Dobrylas area: LEFOWITZ (LEFKOWITZ), KIEK or
KIJEK, COHEN, RUDZKA
Przasnysz: BLANK, MONKAR, MAKA

Moldava
Kishinev (Chisinau): FRIEDMAN, MEISENBERG, SHAPIRO, LEVITT

Ukraine
Zhitomir: MEISENBERG, TAUB
Chermerivtsi: GREENBERG

Hungary
Elmialfulva (Endrefalva or Ermihalyfalva?): KLEIN
Eger: BRAUN
Szikeoy (Cejkov?): BRIER
Balaton (Veladin?): BRAUN

Lithuania
Vilnus: VERSHOFSKY, BAUSC

Turkey
FRIEDMAN, SHAPIRO

Anywhere: LITTENBERG and STRASSNER
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