The mission of the Center is to raise awareness in the Greater Phoenix Jewish community regarding Jewish genetic diseases and to make available educational opportunities about these often-tragic disorders.  Further, the Center provides affordable carrier testing so that no Jewish family in our community will need to endure the grief and suffering of losing a child to a preventable Jewish genetic disease.

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  Sunday, October 3, 2010
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JACOB

Jacob is afflicted with Canavan disease, a devastating genetic brain disorder.  He's now 10 years old and as amazing as ever, defying all odds!  In September 2000 his mother, Jordana, founded Jacob's Cure, a non-profit foundation to help find a cure for Canavan disease.
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