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Founder of marrow registry to use prize money to give life
By: E.B. Solomon
JTA Wire Service
May 2, 2004
April 30, 2004 NEW YORK, May 2 (JTA) - Jay Feinberg doesn't like being called a hero. Founder of the Gift of Life bone-marrow registry, Feinberg reserves that term for organ donors. Most people would disagree with him.
Last week, Feinberg, 35, received the inaugural Charles Bronfman Prize, a new award for humanitarian efforts in the Jewish world.
"Different people do wonderful things in the Jewish world and beyond," Stephen Bronfman said. Feinberg's story "really hit a note in all of us," he said. "How could it not? He's a real lifesaver."
Stephen Bronfman, along with Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and Andrew Hauptman, chose Feinberg for the prize, which was created in honor of their father's 70th birthday. The prize will be given annually.
"We wanted to do something that would respect what he has done through his life," Stephen Bronfman
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