Kardashian helps Jewish father find bone marrow donor October 10, 2018Kim Kardashian (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)(Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)Kardashian helps Jewish father find bone marrow donorThrough the power of social media, celebrity Kim Kardashian found a bone-marrow donor for a Jewish father of three. He didn’t survive, but matches for others were made.By Adina Katz, World Israel NewsOn September 27, 2016, Kim Kardashian West posted a request through social media for her tens of millions of followers to help find a matching bone marrow donor for Adam Krief, a 31-year-old Jewish-Israeli father of three.Within a few days, more than 10,000 fans answered that call, resulting in five new donor-recipient matches through the Gift of Life’s bone marrow registry as well as one transplant.A match for Krief was also found within a couple of months but, unfortunately, he developed complications and did not survive.The Gift of Life will honor Kardashian for her life-saving action at its gala on October 29 in Los Angeles. Krief’s widow, Lia Mantel Krief, will present the celebrity with the Gift of Life Impact Award. Gift of LifeKardashianSocial media
