If you had to sum up what Kids Kicking Cancer is all about, it is to ease the pain of very sick children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally.
Started in 1999 with 10 kids at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Kids Kicking Cancer is a global organization dedicated to lowering the pain of children through the teaching of martial arts as a therapy. Children learn breath work, meditation and traditional karate movements that empower them to teach others and thus gain purpose within their lives. The young cancer patients teach other children with challenging illness and even adults how to breathe in the light and blow out the darkness.
The idea for Kids Kicking Cancer came from Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, a black belt rabbi and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics. Rabbi G lost his first child to leukemia at the age of two and brings a wealth of personal experience and sensitivity to dealing with children and families facing life-threatening illness.
This program, which began with a handful of children at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, now teaches over 7,000 children in 90 hospitals and program locations in seven countries.
The program has recently be introduced to Israel’s south, with a program in Ashkelon and Kiryat Gat will be opening soon.
Rabbi G will be in Ashkelon speaking at a parlor meeting to support this important organization. He has been honored as a CNN Top Ten Heroes, the Ford Motor Company’s Heroes Gallery and Hero in People Magazine. His stories of hope and strength are an inspiration for all who hear him speak.
You are welcome to hear Rabbi G at a parlor meeting to support Kids Kicking Cancer.
Date: May 13, 2021
Time: 7:00 pm
Address: Ha-Shunit 4, Apt 49, Ashkelon
