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The Halachic Organ Donor (HOD) Society

The HOD Society is a non-profit organization that saves lives by encouraging organ donation from Jews to the general population (including non-Jews). It educates Jews about the halachic and medical issues surrounding organ donation; it offers a unique organ donor card that allows people to choose options that are in accordance with their particular halachic belief; it offers a living kidney donor program.

Over the last five years, the Halachic Organ Donor Society has:

  • helped facilitate hundreds of transplants, including that of Moshiko Sharon
  • performed a kiddush Hashem by changing people's perception about Jews (CNN, WABC TV, The NY Times)
  • delivered more than 170 lectures educating more than 15,000 people
  • recruited over 170 Rabbis, up from 3, to carry organ donor cards
  • created a dozen Rabbinic video-testimonials in suppoprt of organ donation
  • made available over 170 articles on organ donation and Jewish law
  • placed over 60 editorials, articles, and letters-to-the-editor
  • had an impact half way around the world: Australian Jewish News

www.hods.org

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