"I Miss Her" is a touching tribute written by David Schlusselberg about his mother who died of breast cancer in 1996.
Schlusselberg released the song at the beginning of October in order to help raise money for the fight against breast cancer, Tablet Magazine reported.
Schlusselberg was nine when his mother Marion died of breast cancer in 1996, and last week he released a song in her honor, "I Miss Her."
"I was nine years old when my mother passed away, and I don’t have too many memories of her," Schlusselberg wrote in an email. "Of course, I vividly remember the day she passed away, being taken out of school in the middle of the day, and my father’s face as he told me my mother had passed away."
Since his mother passed away, Schlusselberg has worked to become a rabbi and now brings awareness to the prevalence of breast cancer is among Jewish women.
Given the high rates at which breast cancer affects Jews, and the predisposition among Ashkenazi women for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancer, the October surge of education and awareness efforts is acutely felt by the Jewish community.
The majority of the proceeds from the "I Miss Her" will be donated to breast cancer charities.
Schlusselberg is donating 75 percent of the proceeds from digital sales of the song to two breast cancer organizations, Sharsheret and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. You can purchase the song here and here.