Tell us about your nominee. Why should he or she be recognized as a Jewish Community Hero?

A TIME was established fifteen years ago by Rabbi Shaul and Brany Rosen. Struggling with infertility in a generation where the very word was taboo, they and a group of friends began publishing a modest newsletter, including inspiration and content to help others.

A TIME has evolved and metamorphosed right along with the technology. By now, A TIME is not "just support groups” although those certainly cannot be underestimated. Along with their original mission of providing emotional support and practical guidance, A TIME has grown to encompass virtually any aspect and issue relating to infertility, guiding couples down a sometimes very rocky road. Currently, A TIME has 7,000 registered members; 9,500 babies born through their services and 65,000 pages of their informational website are accessed every day by about 850 users. Besides the main office in Brooklyn, A TIME branch offices operate in Israel, England, Canada, and all across the United States.

What problem did your nominee identify in the community that needed to be solved? How has your nominee's efforts made a difference for others?

Every day, calls come into A TIME's office: Calls from mothers of teenage girls who are concerned about problems they've seen in their daughters. Calls from chasanim and kallahs and their teachers. Calls from women experiencing difficulties in their pregnancies. Calls from women in middle age, experiencing medical difficulties as they head into their later years. There is the whole other world of secondary infertility, lesser known but all too prevalent: couples who have had their first children without a problem, but who then, inexplicably, are unable to have more. Then there are the cancer patients, lo aleinu, whose treatments could render them incapable of parenting children, if preventative measures are not taken. As the most knowledgeable organization in these fields, A TIME finds itself relating to many diverse groups. As needs arose, programs were implemented to meet them.