Israeli woman donates kidney to Gaza boy

Idit Harel Segal’s decision caused deep rifts in her family and her father stopped talking to her.

Idit Harel Segal was turning 50, and she had chosen a gift: She was going to give one of her own kidneys to a stranger. The kindergarten teacher from northern Israel, hoped her choice would set an example of generosity in a land of perpetual conflict. She was spurred by memories of her late grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, who told her to live meaningfully, and by Jewish tradition, which holds that there’s no higher duty than saving a life. So Ms. Segal contacted a group that links donors and recipients, launching a nine-month process to transfer her kidney to someone who needed one.