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Honoring Irwin Leisner: A Quiet Visionary Magen David

Adom Philanthropist In Boca Pointe

By Yishai Mizrahi Adom to report he had made a provision in his estate In these unprecedented times, your support is more
through his trust to bequeath funds to AFMDA to important than ever. Choosing to include MDA in your
Dear Friends, both sponsor a Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) estate plans is a profound demonstration of your support
This month I write to ambulance and to help fund the Marcus National Blood for the life-saving miracles that Magen David Adom make
highlight the gift made by Service Center in Israel. This remarkable bequest, made real every day in Israel.
one of your neighbors, Irwin in memory of his mother, Rose Leisner and his sisters There are many ways you can make a lasting impact,
Leisner (Z’L), and fulfill a Eleanor and Yeta Leisner, had one caveat—no one was to just as Irwin Leisner has. Whether it is naming AFMDA in
wish he had asked AFMDA know, during his lifetime, of his gift. Only after he passed your will, as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, or
to make on his behalf. away did he want his friends and neighbors in Boca Pointe a retirement account, or creating a charitable gift annuity
Soon many of our to know what he had accomplished in his desire to honor that will provide you fixed payments for your lifetime, or
friends and neighbors will his family and to protect the People of Israel. giving other liquid or non-liquid assets, you can ensure
be celebrating Passover, the Mr. Leisner’s bequest that MDA is there to protect Israel for generations to come.
holiday that commemorates the redemption of Jews out will impact the 9.4+ million You can continue sharing the bread of oppression and
of slavery to freedom. Homes will be cleaned and made mothers, fathers, sons, and the bread of liberty—now and for future generations to
ready, special meals and symbolic foods will be bought and daughters of Israel. The come.
prepared and invitations will be sent to gather round the Seder Mobile Intensive Care If you are interested in safeguarding Israel today and
table. The story of the Exodus will be told as it is every year. Unit (MICU) ambulance tomorrow, I want to personally invite you to become a
he donated is staffed by member of the Magen David Adom Legacy Circle and
MDA’s most highly trained join with other generous and forward-thinking donors and
paramedics as it houses visionaries who support our life-saving mission in Israel
special equipment and through a planned gift.
sophisticated technology required for the treatment of cardiac Your legacy will ensure Magen David Adom continues
and stroke parents, and victims of severe trauma. to answer every medical emergency call, provide the
His gift to The Marcus National Blood Services blood needed for our IDF soldiers and citizens, and
Center is supporting the lifeblood of the country. Israel develop the technology and equipment essential to
has one blood center which collects, tests, processes, and providing life-saving miracles.
distributes to hospitals throughout the entire county all I hope you will visit our website at legacy.afmda.
the blood needed by the IDF and Israel’s citizens. org and then call me at 646-388-7518 or email me at
Irwin Leisner was a visionary. How did he know ten msternemas@afmda.org. I would love to help you create
Mobile Intensive Care Unit Ambulance years ago when he made his extraordinary commitment and share your legacy for the People of Israel!
that now more than ever, Israel needed his MICU—and And, to get involved locally in Boca Raton, please
And just as it has been told in every generation, the MDA and the Blood Center would need to respond reach out to Yishai Mizrahi, the Area Director for
story will begin with an invitation to others to join the to the horrific events of October 7th? His fidelity to AFMDA in Boca Raton/Delray Beach, at 561.288.5658
Seder and to tell the story together. That invitation begins, Israel and his foresight has helped make a remarkable or via email at YMizrahi@afmda.org.
“This is the bread of oppression our fathers ate in the land and measurable life-saving difference. Because of Your dedication is immeasurable, and we are forever
of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come in and eat.” And Irwin Leisner and others like him, MDA was ready and grateful. Am Yisrael Chai, and Happy Passover. 
at that point, the matzah is shared. responded and continues to answer the call.
As Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, z”l, wrote: Will you join him and other like-minded philanthropists
Matzah represents two things: it is both the food of who understand the importance of helping Israel today
slaves and also the bread eaten by the Israelites as they left and tomorrow?
Egypt in liberty. What transforms the bread of oppression
into the bread of freedom is the willingness to share it
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