
When a waiting room becomes a chance to empower chronically ill kids
While waiting for treatments, new Prescriptions for Life clips show pediatric patients they can take ownership of their spiritual wellbeing.
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.

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