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Rochelle Shoretz, a two-time breast cancer survivor and Founder and Executive Director of Sharsheret, founded the organization to connect young Jewish women fighting breast cancer following her own diagnosis at age 28. A Centennial Scholar graduate of Barnard College and a Kent Scholar graduate of Columbia Law School, Ms. Shoretz served as a law clerk in 1999 to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

In November 2001, while undergoing chemotherapy treatment, Ms. Shoretz founded Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit organization providing support and resources for young Jewish women facing breast cancer. Since the organization’s founding, Sharsheret has launched ten national programs and has responded to more than 19,000 calls and emails from those affected by breast cancer, health care professionals, women’s and Jewish organizations. For its critical services, Sharsheret was awarded the New York State Innovation in Breast Cancer Research Award. As Executive Director and past Board President, Ms. Shoretz has lectured about breast cancer before audiences across the country.

For her pioneering efforts in establishing Sharsheret, Ms. Shoretz was named a “Woman to Watch” by Jewish Woman Magazine and a Yoplait Champion in the Fight Against Breast Cancer, and was honored by the Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Israel Cancer Research Foundation. She is a Board member and graduate of the Joshua Venture Group fellowship of young Jewish leaders and the Berrie Fellows Leadership Program of the UJA Federation of Northern NJ.

Ms. Shoretz has served as a resource for major media on issues related to breast cancer in young women. She has appeared on The Today Show and CBS News, and in more than 100 articles published online and in newspapers across the country, including the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. The mother of two, Ms. Shoretz lives in Teaneck, New Jersey, with her sons, Shlomo and Dovid. Follow Ms. Shoretz on Twitter @rshoretz.

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