Rochelle Lee Shoretz
Rochelle Lee Shoretz | |
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| Born | July 27, 1972 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 2015 (aged 42) Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Known for | Founding Sharsheret |
Rochelle Lee Shoretz (July 27, 1972 – May 31, 2015) was an American lawyer and founder and executive director of Sharsheret, an organization supporting young Jewish women with cancer.[1]
Early life and education
Rochelle Lee Shoretz was born in 1972 in Brooklyn, the daughter of Morris Shoretz and Sherry Tenenbaum. She attended Shulamith High School, Barnard College and Columbia Law School. During her undergraduate years at Barnard, she married, and during law school she worked as a speech writer for David Dinkins.[2]
Law career and cancer advocacy
Shoretz was a
In 2001, soon after her time at the Supreme Court ended, at age 28, Shoretz learned that she had breast cancer. "You have these life plans at 28 years old that you don't really consider will be altered by a major medical crisis at that age," she remembered.
In 2003, Rochelle Shoretz was honored as a "Woman to be Watched" by Jewish Women International.[6]
In 2010, Shoretz was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women.[7] She was one of the featured profiles in Heroes for my Daughter, a 2012 book by Brad Meltzer.[8]
Personal life
Rochelle Shoretz married and divorced twice. She had two sons. During several years of remission, Shoretz trained for and ran triathlons and traveled widely, to Peru and South Africa and Israel.[9]
Rochelle Shoretz died in Teaneck, New Jersey in 2015, age 42, from cancer.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Idit Klein, "We Remember: Rochelle Shoretz" Jewish Women's Archive.
- ^ Sandy Eller, "Rochelle Shoretz: A Life of Inspiration" 5 Towns Jewish Times (June 4, 2015).
- ^ "Rochelle Shoretz, Sharharet Founder and Cancer Advocate, is Dead at 42" Jerusalem Post (June 1, 2015).
- ^ Sydney Lupkin, "Woman Founds Breast Cancer Organization from Waiting Room" ABC News (October 1, 2013).
- ^ Jonathan Zalman, "Remembering Rochelle Shoretz, the Founder of Sharsheret, a Cancer Support Group" Tablet Magazine (June 4, 2015).
- ^ Abigail Klein Leichman, "Strongest 'Link'" Jewish Standard (November 28, 2003): 3.
- ^ Gabrielle Birkner, "Rochelle Shoretz’s Cancer Battle Inspired her Activism" Times of Israel (June 5, 2015).
- ^ Abigail Klein Leichman, "Remembering Rochelle Shoretz" The Jewish Standard (June 2, 2015).
- ^ Elicia Brown, "Maybe I'll Be Able to Dance at a Wedding" The Jewish Week (October 4, 2010).
- ^ Sam Roberts, "Rochelle Shoretz, Founder of Cancer Support Group, Dies at 42," New York Times (June 2, 2015).