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6:30 PM
Live from CIRKA Distilleries
Hosted by guest DJ Esan Ellis and special guest brand ambassador
& master mixologist Gizmo Sirois
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Host
Elon Gold
Welcome
Jeffrey Bernstein & Jordanna Feifer
ICRF Co-Presidents
Greetings from Israel
Dr. Walter Gotlieb
Chairman, ICRF Scientific Advisory Board
Honouree Introduction
Peter Rosenthal
Gala Co-Chair
Tribute Video
In honour of Jodi & Cookie Lazarus
Special Guest
Mary-Claire King, American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Comedy Show
Featuring Elon Gold, Tammy Pescatelli and Tom Papa
Frontline recognition
‘Hero’ by Mariah Carey
Cover by Jodi Taiger Lazarus
accompanied on piano by Howard Wallace
Concluding Remarks
Noah Billick
Gala Co-Chair
Meet our Honourees
Jodi AND COOKIE Lazarus, deeply affected by cancer, are dedicated philanthropists determined to find a cure.
Cookie, known internationally for his work in the field of gaming law, has had cancer affect five of seven women extremely close to him.
He lost his first wife, Maxine, to breast cancer when she was only 44. And in 2009, Jodi, learned that she had breast cancer.
Both Jodi and Maxine, it would turn out, carried the BRCA1 gene. The test to detect the gene was not yet available when Maxine Lazarus became ill, but two of her three daughters were found subsequently to carry the gene. Both have had double mastectomies to reduce their chance of getting breast cancer.
One of Jodi’s two daughters, Lindsay, also carries the gene; she, too, has had a prophylactic mastectomy.
Having experienced the grueling treatment of a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, Jodi attributes actively raising awareness and funds for cancer research having given her the strength and courage to get through.