The power of faith and friendship
Englewood man triumphs over illness to win his doctorate
- Lois Goldrich for jstandard.com June 7th, 2013
- Source: http://www.jstandard.com/content/item/the_power_of_faith_and_friendship/27581
This past year was particularly good for David Feder of Englewood. Dr. David Feder, that is.
Not only did he marry an “amazing” woman, but he earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from NYU Poly.
But Feder is older than the average student, and the road he traveled to his doctorate was a long and hard one. So hard, in fact, that had he not believed that “our prayers are heard and God is with us,” he might not have been able to continue.
A self-described “Englewoodian” — he lived there most of his life and attended the Moriah School there — Feder moved to Israel in 1984, studying at Har Etzion and serving in the Israel Defense Forces for several years.
“I went for a year, but I really knew it would be more,” he said.
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