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This Jewish teen is raising awareness about the cancer gene that killed his father

JL;DR SUMMARY Seventeen-year-old Hayden Becker is dedicating himself to raising awareness in the Jewish community about the BRCA gene mutation, which significantly increases cancer risk and has a higher prevalence among Ashkenazi Jews. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Park Avenue SynagogueJewish CommunityPhilanthropyAshkenazi JewsPancreatic CancerGenetic TestingBrca MutationCancer AwarenessHayden BeckerMarc Becker

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New York City, New York, United States
"a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Connected by Zoom with 20 to 30 of his closest friends, Becker would get down on the floor of his home gym in Manhattan and challenge club members to join him in doing 100-plus push-ups."
Upper East Side, New York, United States
"The family would buy and distribute hundreds of DNA kits to members of the Park Avenue Synagogue, a Conservative congregation on the Upper East Side where the Beckers are members."

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