Tag Archives: Neve Yaakov

The Thought That Keeps Me Going: An EMT’s First-Hand Account of the Neve Yaakov Terror Attack

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Elias Romano

By Shlomo Gurfein On Friday night, I was eating a family Shabbat dinner when I got alerted by Yosef Deshet and Chanoch Re’em, two of my fellow United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs, about a mass shooting that was taking place in … Continue reading →

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“If I Don’t Go, Who Will?”: United Hatzalah’s Neve Yaakov Team Lead Recounts Responding to The Neve Yaakov Terror Attack

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Elias Romano

By: Yehuda Cohen On Friday night a week ago, my wife and I were sitting down at the Shabbat table with our five children, surrounded by the warmth and comfort of our home. Suddenly, my communications device started beeping, alerting … Continue reading →

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Terror Strikes Jerusalem: An EMT’s Harrowing Account of the Neve Yaakov Terror Attack

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Elias Romano

By Yosef Deshet It was a peaceful Friday night after the Shabbat meal when my son and I stepped out of the house in order to go learn Torah together in the local synagogue. A few moments after we left … Continue reading →

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Report from eyewitnesses to the synagogue shooting and City of David shooting in Jerusalem

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Elias Romano

Jerusalem synagogue shooting: ————————————- On Friday night at 8:16 P.M., United Hatzalah’s Command and Dispatch Center received reports of several injuries following a shooting incident that took place on Neve Yaakov street in Jerusalem at the entrance to a local … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Suffers Cardiac Incident During Prayers in Shul, Saved By Congregant EMT

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Elias Romano

On Shabbat morning in the neighborhood of Neve Yaakov, a rabbi at one of the local shuls suffered a cardiac incident and collapsed on the floor. The incident took place just after the Torah reading had concluded. One of the … Continue reading →

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EMTs Perform Successful CPR On Neve Yaakov Man After He Stopped Breathing

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Monday evening, on Reuven Gamzon Street in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem, a young man in his 20s, who is living with cancer was having difficulty breathing. His family called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and … Continue reading →

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