Monthly Archives: May 2022

Right Before my Eyes

On Wednesday at around 10:00 p.m., a young man riding an electric scooter was involved in a crash with a car that took place at the busy intersection of Bnei Brith Boulevard and Palmach Street. The crash left the 19-year-old … Continue reading

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Strength to Overcome The Hardships of Life – Ten Kavod Ashdod The story of Rivka Yankovitz and Tamar Felish

Strength to Overcome The Hardships of Life – Ten Kavod Ashdod  The story of Rivka Yankovitz and Tamar Felish   Rivka Yankovitz-   Rivka is the Ten Kavod coordinator in Ashdod and works hard to grow the program and build … Continue reading

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Making sure breakfast’s Bracha Rishona wasn’t a Bracha Achrona

At around 9:15 on Friday morning, a 75-year-old man was eating breakfast in the kitchen of his home in Afula when he lost consciousness and fell to the floor. The man’s wife, son, and daughter were there with him and … Continue reading

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Beginning Yom Yerushalayim With Saving A Life and Hallel

On Sunday morning just after 8:30 a.m., a worker in a school on Shalom Sharabi Street told one of his colleagues that he wasn’t feeling well. He sat down on a bench and keeled over. His fellow staff members, having … Continue reading

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Greater New York Community Raises $6 Million for United Hatzalah of Israel

On Tuesday evening at Pier 60 in Chelsea Piers, over 1,000 people gathered together in support of Israel’s premier fully volunteer emergency medical service (EMS) organization. Over 400 of them were young professionals under the age of 35. The gathered … Continue reading

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The Best Reason To Get Out Of Bed in The Morning – Saving a Life

Just after 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a woman in her 50s with a complicated medical history was about to eat breakfast at her home in the Galilean city of Tur’an. Her sister was bringing her some food when the … Continue reading

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CPR Rescue on Platform 2

On Monday, at around 6:00 p.m, while a 50-year-old man was standing alongside his friend on the platform of HaShalom train station in Tel Aviv, he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and fell unconscious on the floor of the platform. … Continue reading

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The Cherry on Top

On Sunday, a few minutes before midnight, a 77-year-old woman was found by her caretaker unconscious in her bed in Rishon LeTsiyon. The caretaker was distraught and frantically called the woman’s son to help her. As soon as he heard … Continue reading

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Of Cows, Coffee, and Successful CPR

On Sunday morning at around 7:00 a.m., a group of 5 workers in the cowshed of Kibbutz Yagur were drinking their morning coffee together when one of them suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and collapsed unconscious right in front of … Continue reading

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Bus Driver Stops 50 Passenger Bus to Treat Victims of Three Car Accident Near The Dead Sea

On Wednesday afternoon at around 4:30 p.m., a three-car accident occurred on Highway 90 near the Dead Sea chemical factories. In the accident, one car was completely overturned and 5 people sustained injuries.  Emergency services were called and United Hatzalah … Continue reading

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