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My Bar Mitzvah Project - raising money for Alzheimer’s Research
My name is Gavriel Friedbauer and for my bar mitzvah project, I am raising money to donate to the Paul E. Feder Alzheimer’s Research Lab at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, led by Dr. Eitan Okun, who is working on a vaccine to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. We had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Okun and his wonderful team of researchers at Bar Ilan University in Israel for a tour of his lab and learn about his research. Thirteen years ago, when I was born, my grandmother, Barbara, was diagnosed with early-onset dementia at the age of 54. I chose this as my bar mitzvah project because I felt a personal connection to this cause and want to help people with this disease. Although I cannot help my grandmother, I hope to help prevent others from getting this disease in the future.
Because my grandmother has this disease, I did not really get to know her before she began losing her memory. However, my mother has told me many things about her. My grandmother was a loved Montessori teacher for children in pre-school and kindergarten. She was also an artist. Therefore, I decided to put one of my grandmother’s drawings on a tote bag and sell them to raise money for Alzheimer’s research in honor of my becoming a bar mitzvah.
If you know of others who are interested in donating to this cause and would like to purchase a bag, please email [email redacted]. Each bag is $15, or 2 for $25. Thank you so much for your generous donation!
Sincerely, Gavriel Freidbauer
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A little background on the artwork:
On January 1, 1972, the NYC Transit Authority raised the cost of a subway token from $0.30 to $0.35, the second increase in just two years.
My grandma Barbara, a 21 year old art student at Queens College, was inspired to draw a poster, poking fun at the NYCTA for raising the fare which seemed totally unfair considering how awful the subways had become. The idea of a fifty cent subway fare seemed ridiculous.
And it was prophetic, it was just a 32 months later when the NYCTA actually raised the fare to $0.50, which seems like a pittance now.
(Story told to us by Barbara’s brother Robert)
My name is Gavriel Friedbauer and for my bar mitzvah project, I am raising money to donate to the Paul E. Feder Alzheimer’s Research Lab at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, led by Dr. Eitan Okun, who is working on a vaccine to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. We had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Okun and his wonderful team of researchers at Bar Ilan University in Israel for a tour of his lab and learn about his research. Thirteen years ago, when I was born, my grandmother, Barbara, was diagnosed with early-onset dementia at the age of 54. I chose this as my bar mitzvah project because I felt a personal connection to this cause and want to help people with this disease. Although I cannot help my grandmother, I hope to help prevent others from getting this disease in the future.
Because my grandmother has this disease, I did not really get to know her before she began losing her memory. However, my mother has told me many things about her. My grandmother was a loved Montessori teacher for children in pre-school and kindergarten. She was also an artist. Therefore, I decided to put one of my grandmother’s drawings on a tote bag and sell them to raise money for Alzheimer’s research in honor of my becoming a bar mitzvah.
If you know of others who are interested in donating to this cause and would like to purchase a bag, please email [email redacted]. Each bag is $15, or 2 for $25. Thank you so much for your generous donation!
Sincerely, Gavriel Freidbauer
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A little background on the artwork:
On January 1, 1972, the NYC Transit Authority raised the cost of a subway token from $0.30 to $0.35, the second increase in just two years.
My grandma Barbara, a 21 year old art student at Queens College, was inspired to draw a poster, poking fun at the NYCTA for raising the fare which seemed totally unfair considering how awful the subways had become. The idea of a fifty cent subway fare seemed ridiculous.
And it was prophetic, it was just a 32 months later when the NYCTA actually raised the fare to $0.50, which seems like a pittance now.
(Story told to us by Barbara’s brother Robert)