10 Things You Didn't Know About the Yuri Stern Holistic Center for Cancer Patients

1. The center was founded in 2007 in memory of Knesset Member Yuri Stern, who passed away from cancer. The center was founded at the initiative of his widow, Lena Stern, family, and friends.

2. Since 2007, the center has provided care, support, and assistance to tens of thousands of cancer patients.

3. Holistic treatments (body-mind treatments) can significantly relieve the side effects of conventional cancer treatments and strengthen the healing abilities of cancer patients.

4. The main goal of the treatments is to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families and to create a supportive community for them.

5. More than 170 certified holistic practitioners provide over 13,000 complementary medicine treatments to tens of thousands of cancer patients each year on a full-time volunteer basis.

6. The center trains practitioners in a professional and in-depth program for treating cancer patients.

7. Treatments are provided free of charge for adults in the oncology department, surgical department, and Wilf Children's Hospital at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, and for a symbolic fee at the center's community clinics in Jerusalem and Herzliya.

8. The center is fulfilling the vision of providing complementary medicine treatments to cancer patients from all walks of life, regardless of religion, race, gender, or socioeconomic status.

9. The center's practitioners support patients and accompany them and their families through all stages of cancer and throughout the course of their illness.

10. The yuri Shtern Holistic Center operates on a non-profit basis, based on donations and support.