BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3204@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T151725Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/cancer-and-the-jewish-community/ SUMMARY:Cancer and the Jewish Community DESCRIPTION:While 36% of the general population has a family history of can cer\, this number goes up substantially for certain cancers among Ashkenaz i Jews. Two WJC members\, Michelle Zimmerman and Dr. Amir Steinberg\, will present about:\n\n Understanding cancer risk in the Jewish community\, e specially for Ashkenazi Jews at increased risk for various cancers\n What evidence-based prevention and early detection look like\n How individual s can advocate for themselves and their loved ones\n\nMichelle Zimmerman i s the founder of Previvor Edge\, a company that provides specialized progr ams that identifiy cancer risk\, build personalized prevention plans\, and puts them into action. Dr. Amir Steinberg is the director of the Hematolo gy/Oncology Fellowship at the Westchester Medical Center (WMC). ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026 /04/cancer-the-jewish-community.png CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR