The story of Arthur, who served in the Givati Regiment, was published last week in Mynet Krayot and received a wide response. Arthur became a media star, and many media outlets interviewed him after the article in Mynet Krayot.
He organized the show earlier with his new friend, stand-up comedian Yochai Sponder, who told the audience how he learned about Huntington’s disease.
“After my show in Acre, a guy I did not know, Arthur, approached me and said he had a terminal illness and intended to go to Switzerland, and end my life when the disease got worse. He said he was going to have some kind of farewell party, and asked me to perform. I thought the guy was laughing, But I learned very quickly that it was real. “
Yochai recruited the artists, Ben Castilla, the owners of the production company, the office of Ben Horin Alexandrovich and Kobi Veron, director of the Department of Health and Society, for one purpose – to assist Arthur and all other Huntington’s patients in Israel, with all proceeds going to the organization.
Arthur’s current struggle is for the inclusion of a new drug in the drug basket, which can alleviate the side effects of the disease and delay its development, since it is ultimately an incurable disease. Arthur’s mother died at the age of 54 after she became ill, and according to him, in him the disease started at an earlier age and develops faster.
The show featured some of the leading figures in the world of stand-up comedy in Israel: Shachar Hasson, Eli Finish, Yochai Sponder, Yonatan Barak, Gadi Wilchersky, Yael Leventhal and Manny Malka, who took the stage one after the other and managed, despite the show’s difficult background, to tear The audience laughs. Arthur also tried his hand at a standup show, and despite the limitations and difficulty in maintaining a sequence of thought, the audience accompanied him with applause and cheers.
Nira Dangor, Chairman of the Huntington Association in Israel: “After a challenging Corona period, the Huntington Association is now fully engaged and significantly supporting patients and their families. I thank Yochai Sponder who initiated the event, “The director of the Department of Health and Society, nationalists, donors, traveling partners, volunteers, patients and their families, thanks to whom a significant amount of money was raised for the association.”