Sharsheret: Elana Silber

Season 2 of The Five-O-One kicks off with Elana Silber, CEO of Sharsheret, a nonprofit support organization for women facing breast and ovarian cancer. Did you know that 1 in 40 Jews of Ashkenazi descent carry a mutation of the BRCA gene, as opposed to 1 in 500 people of the general population? Did you know that men can also transfer the gene to their sons and daughters? Tune into the latest episode of The Five-O-One to educate yourself! To learn more about Sharsheret visit www.sharsheret.org.