An Overview of Sharsheret’s Programs and Services
For Women Facing Breast Cancer
For Women Living With Advanced Breast Cancer
For Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer
For Family Members and Friends
For Health Care Professionals
For Jewish Community Leaders

Family Focus

If you are supporting a loved one, you may request a Family Focus packet that includes resources for Jewish families facing breast cancer. Packets are mailed free of charge anywhere in the United States. In addition to the Family Focus packet, Sharsheret offers the "Ask Sharsheret" phone line and the booklet, The Jewish Family Facing Breast Cancer.

To request a Family Focus Packet or to speak with an "Ask Sharsheret" representative, please call toll-free (866) 474-2774.

Genetics for Life

Genetics for Life was designed in response to the women and families who have reached out to Sharsheret for information about breast cancer genetics and its impact on the Jewish woman and her family. The program includes information and materials to address concerns about hereditary breast cancer in the Jewish community; a Genetic Counselor Hotline for callers to speak directly with an experienced genetic counselor about their family history and implications of testing; health seminars for Jewish women about the importance of understanding family medical history as it relates to their own health; and resource materials for health care professionals to educate them about the urgent concern for Jewish women about genetic testing for BRCA gene mutations found in 1 of 40 Ashkenazic Jewish women.

• To speak to a Sharsheret genetic counselor, please call toll-free (866) 474-2774 or click here.
• To download the Breast Cancer Genetics and the Jewish Woman booklet, please click here.

Resources and Information

Sharsheret maintains a directory of breast cancer resources by subject. To view a list of resources for young women and families facing breast cancer, click here.

Sharsheret can also help you locate additional resources you may need over time. Please call Sharsheret toll-free (866) 474-2774 to speak with a Program Coordinator and request information.

Sharsheret Forum

The Sharsheret Forum is an online, moderated Forum that allows Jewish women facing breast cancer to post and respond to questions and concerns and is designed to accommodate the needs of women who seek privacy in connecting with others who share their diagnosis and lifestyle. Family members and caregivers also benefit from participating in the Forum by sharing strategies with other caregivers who are facing similar challenges and concerns. Forum topics include facing breast cancer as a Jewish woman, dating and relationships through cancer, living with advanced breast cancer, and breast cancer genetics.

To access the Sharsheret Forum, click here.

Send Information to a Loved One

You can request that Sharsheret send your loved one facing breast cancer an information packet introducing its services nationwide.  Packets are mailed free of charge anywhere in the United States and will include your first and last name.

To request an information packet or to have a packet mailed to a loved one, click here.

Honor a Loved One

Honor a loved one with your gift to Sharsheret. We would be pleased to send a Tribute Card acknowledging your support to a family member or friend facing breast cancer.

To make a contribution in honor of a loved one, click here.

You may also establish a Jewel in Sharsheret’s Chain of Support in honor of your loved one. Working closely with Sharsheret, you can identify a meaningful program that will be supported by your special gift. Friends and family members can be invited to enhance a Jewel with their own contributions.

For more information about Sharsheret's Jewel Program, click here.

Education and Outreach Programs

The Education and Outreach Program includes both large- and small-scale efforts to educate patients and their families, health care professionals, and breast cancer organizations about the concerns unique to young women facing breast cancer, as well as the culturally specific needs of young Jewish women.  Sharsheret has partnered with other cancer organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation to present breast cancer symposia at major medical centers.  Medical symposia offer the opportunity for women facing breast cancer and their families to join together with medical experts to explore the latest information on breast cancer research.  

In addition, Sharsheret representatives have addressed audiences at conferences, breast cancer awareness events, and in private homes across the country.  Speakers are available to discuss: breast cancer and the Jewish woman, breast cancer genetics and the Jewish woman, facing breast cancer as a young woman, and shaping culturally sensitive community outreach.  

• To view transcripts of Sharsheret's past medical symposia, click here.
• For more information about bringing a Sharsheret speaker to your community, please call toll-free (866) 474-2774.

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