Renewal

10/13/2026

What if pain could teach you something beautiful?

In 2018, Avrohom Eliezer Friedman donated a kidney to a complete stranger.

His recovery wasn’t easy.

But he says he’d do it all over again.

Because through that pain, he discovered something that would change the way he faced life’s challenges.

Sometimes, even pain can be sweet.

And his story is about so much more than kidney donation.

🎙️ Episode 6 of Behind the Match is LIVE!

THE SWEETEST PAIN

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10/13/2026

Billboards. Television. Radio. Social media. Flyers.

Michael tried everything to find a kidney.

For a year and a half, 45-year-old Michael Stoller of Birmingham, Michigan, has been searching for someone who could give him a second chance at life.

He didn’t just wait.

He shared his story everywhere he could, reaching out to his community and asking people to help spread the word.

And today, after countless efforts and the support of so many people, Michael is receiving a living donor kidney through a paired donation facilitated by Renewal. ❤️

It’s a moment filled with gratitude, excitement, and understandably, some nerves.

But perhaps Michael said it best:

“Today, I get to turn the page and enter this next phase of my kidney journey.”

And even as he prepares for his transplant, he’s thinking about the countless others still waiting.

Because his search may be ending, but the need for living kidney donors continues.

Today, Michael gets his next chapter. Someone else is still searching for theirs.

Could you be the person who helps make that next chapter possible?

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Please join us in wishing Michael and his donor a successful transplant and a refuah shleimah.

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10/13/2026

Sometimes, the way to save someone you love is to donate your kidney to someone you’ve never met. ❤️

Sounds surprising? That’s the power of a kidney swap.

When someone wants to donate to a loved one but isn’t a compatible match, they may be able to donate to another patient instead.

In return, another donor can provide a compatible kidney for their loved one.

Two donors. Two recipients. Two lives changed.

Today, we’re celebrating Part 1 of a kidney swap facilitated by Renewal. Baruch Hashem!

May both donors and recipients have a refuah sheleimah and a smooth recovery.

💚 Did you know kidney donation could work this way? Share this reel. Someone you know may be waiting for a match.

10/12/2026

This morning, before giving someone a kidney, he stopped to thank Hashem for the life he already has.

It’s Rosh Chodesh.

And in a hospital room, just moments before surgery, Dr. Ethan Wasserman stood wrapped in his tallis and tefillin, saying Hallel.

Hallel is our opportunity to praise Hashem. To recognize His goodness. To thank Him for the blessings in our lives.

And this morning, as Ethan prepared to give someone else the gift of a healthier life, those words carried an added layer of meaning.

Before giving a part of himself, he took a moment to give thanks.

A new month. A new beginning. And, b’ezras Hashem, a new chapter for the person receiving his kidney.

Please join us in davening for a successful transplant and a refuah shleimah for both donor and recipient. ❤️

Could you be someone’s new beginning?

Learn more about living kidney donation: [email protected]

10/12/2026

He’s an oncologist. He understood the medical risks. And for years, he wasn’t sure he could donate a kidney himself.

Dr. Ethan Wasserman spends his days caring for cancer patients, constantly monitoring kidney function and considering how medications affect the body.

So when his sister decided to donate a kidney three years ago, he supported her—but had reservations about doing it himself.

Then his sister donated. Three years later, she was doing great.

Two of his cousins followed.

And still, Ethan needed time.

Then came an unexpected conversation with one of his own patients.

When Ethan mentioned that he was considering kidney donation, the patient casually shared that he had donated a kidney through Renewal 12 years earlier.

Ethan did what any curious doctor might do.

He checked his patient’s kidney function.

The results were normal.

For Ethan, seeing that firsthand was incredibly reassuring.

And when a Renewal drive came to his community, his wife offered the words that helped him move forward:

“It’s what Hashem wants us to do.”

Today, Dr. Ethan Wasserman went from caring for patients to becoming a patient himself—all to give someone else a chance at a healthier life. ❤️

Sometimes the person who changes your perspective is the very person you thought you were there to help.

Thinking about kidney donation but have questions or concerns? You don’t have to have all the answers today. Start the conversation with Renewal and learn what donation could mean for you.

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10/11/2026

He was 32 years old and had never been to Eretz Yisrael.

Then came an opportunity he’d been waiting for.

And just as he was about to say yes…

Renewal called.

There was a kidney match. Someone needed him.

Suddenly, Avrohom Eliezer Friedman had a decision to make.

What would YOU have done?

🎙️ Episode 6 of Behind the Match — THE SWEETEST PAIN — drops Tuesday.

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Renewal is on the move!!!💪🏻🙌
Last night in Minneapolis we ran a Kidney Donation
Awareness Event.
70 swabs later….
If you feel your community is ready for one of our AWARENESS events; Contact us and let’s make it happen.

10/06/2026

Their husbands were in surgery.
Their wives had never met.
One was waiting for her husband to give a kidney.
The other was waiting for her husband to receive one.
And in that hospital waiting room, Shanni found herself holding a woman she had never met—connected by a kidney that was moving from one husband to the other. Pasted text.txt

But here’s what no one knew yet:
Years later, Renewal would call Shanni.
This time, she was the match.

Yakov and Shanni Majeski had both swabbed at the same Renewal event. Eventually, they would BOTH become living kidney donors—and Renewal’s 16th kidney donor couple.

🎙️ Episode 5 of Behind the Match is LIVE.

THE 2 KIDNEY COUPLE

Two donors. Two recipients. One family forever changed by saying yes.

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Share this Reel. You never know whose “yes” might come next. ❤️

10/06/2026

Today, Deena is giving a kidney to a woman she has never met. And she has one request before she goes into surgery: please daven. ❤️

Deena Fisher of Teaneck, NJ, calls it an incredible zechus to be healthy enough to donate a kidney to a complete stranger.

But before surgery, her thoughts weren’t only about the extraordinary mitzvah she was about to do.

They were with her recipient.

With gratitude to her family and friends who carried her through this process, and to Renewal for being beside her every step of the way,

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To learn more about becoming a living kidney donor:
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