Mayim Bialik: Why I Donated Money to Send Bulletproof Vests to the IDF

1. I need to feel like I’m doing something.

2. No matter what your politics are, soldiers sent into war zones deserve to be protected from enemy fire.

3. Every soldier is someone’s son or daughter. Every single one.

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Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik is the host of “Jeopardy!” and the mental wellness podcast Mayim Bialik's Breakdown. A five-time Emmy nominee, Bialik holds a PhD in Neuroscience from UCLA and is known as Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS' “The Big Bang Theory” and her lead role in the 1990s sitcom “Blossom.” She is the grandchild of immigrants from Eastern Europe and the mother of two teenagers and three cats.