Dayton ophthalmologist Dr. Mike Bloom will share his experiences of volunteering to care for wounded patients at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel over the last two years, at the American Friends of Soroka Medical Center’s Hope, Healing, and Heroism Dinner, 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 17 at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education.

The program will highlight Soroka Medical Center’s frontline role in the Negev region caring for victims of Oct. 7, 2023, ongoing wartime trauma, and the May 19 ballistic missile strike on the hospital.

The Boonshoft CJCE is located at 525 Versailles Dr., Centerville. The cost is $36 per person. Kashrut will be observed. For details and to RSVP, go to soroka.org/dayton.

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