Rachel Haber is an Israeli social activist best known as the co-founder and chairwoman of Matnat Chaim (“Gift of Life”), a Jerusalem-based nonprofit organization established in 2009 that facilitates altruistic living kidney donations to combat organ trafficking and reduce transplant waiting lists in Israel.
She co-founded the organization with her late husband, Rabbi Yeshayahu Haber, who served as its initial director until his death from COVID-19 in April 2020 at age 55; under their joint leadership, Matnat Chaim coordinated over 850 live kidney transplants by 2020, establishing Israel as a global leader in unrelated altruistic donations, which constitute a rare 1-10% of living donor transplants worldwide.
The article was published in Grokipedia on January 10, 2026.
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