ACTIVISM

Rachel Heber

Activist

Following the passing of her much-admired husband Rabbi Yeshayahu Heber from Covid-19, Rachel Heber has assertively taken over the reins of Matnat Chaim, the charity he launched that facilitates and promotes live kidney donations. Between 2020-22, when the world was ravaged by the pandemic, Heber nonetheless achieved the expansion of both the organization's reach and success rate. In 2023, Israel's Minister of Education Yoav Kish announced that Heber was the recipient of the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement, which she received on the occasion of Israel's Independence Day. "We are thrilled and proud to have received this award," Matnat Chaim said. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)