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