Archives: Stories
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Light Amid The Darkness – Some Thoughts On Chanukah By a First Responder
Monday was a particularly difficult day for our team of first responders in Rehovot. Early in the morning, our team responded to a fatal car accident that saw one person killed and others injured. Soon afterward, another call came over the radio in which a 40-year-old man collapsed in a vacation resort in Nes Ziona, Read more
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Haley, Netanyahu and Dershowitz Nominated as First Three Honorees of United Hatzalah’s Miracle Campaign
In the weeks leading up to Chanukah, United Hatzalah launched the Korenvaes Miracle Award to honor eight people who have championed Israel. The honorees are people who represent the value of Tikkun Olam — repairing the world. The organization put together a list of 49 candidates and asked the public to choose the top eight Read more
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Speaking The Language of Women – Judge Ruchie Freier Visits United Hatzalah Women’s Unit
On Tuesday morning, The Honorable Judge Ruchie Freier stood outside United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center in the organization’s Jerusalem headquarters, surrounded by volunteer EMTs from the organization’s women’s unit and took a moment to reflect on the groundbreaking initiatives that women have achieved in the Orthodox community in Israel. “I wanted to thank you Read more
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Climbing a Ladder to Save a Life
One recent morning at 8:00 AM, Dan Dikanoff, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT from Givat Shmuel, was driving in the freeway fast lane when he was suddenly alerted to a serious work accident in the vicinity. Despite being on the way to meet a client, the dedicated volunteer flicked on his red lights and siren Read more
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Israeli CEO’s Come Out To Support United Hatzalah In First Annual Gala in Home Country
On Monday evening, United Hatzalah of Israel held its first annual Gala Dinner event in Israel. The event took place at Avenue Event Hall in Airport City and raised a significant sum for the all-volunteer first response emergency medical services (EMS) organization. The organization fields a volunteer network of 5,000 volunteers from across the spectrum Read more
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It Is Hard to Know Emergencies Are Happening and Do Nothing
It was Wednesday afternoon when a builder, who was working on the unfinished second story of a building, fell over the edge and crashed to the floor below. Witnesses urgently call for help. Avi Amar from Ashdod was resting at home after a busy police shift when he was alerted to the emergency. The dedicated Read more
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Leaving Children To Answer an Emergency
On a recent Shabbat morning, a young woman who thought she was in the early stages of pregnancy suddenly began bleeding. The woman became hysterical and fainted on the spot. Her alarmed husband threw water on her face in an effort to awaken her. While the woman did wake up shortly afterward, she now felt Read more
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United Hatzalah Sets Out to Curate Next Generation of Philanthropists
Over the month of November, a new project began that will empower the next generation of community leaders to build a strong and successful support network of young professional philanthropists in the United States. The project dubbed the ’30 Under 30; Doing Well & Doing Good’ includes business leaders under the age of 30 that Read more
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“A Team of Angels”: Helping an Amputee Find a Reason to Live
Two weeks ago, United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to dramatically improve an elderly water sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a way that he had not done since a life-changing double amputation. Yehuda, a 72-year-old from Kfar Saba, became bedridden as Read more
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United Hatzalah in Cooperation With the Ministry of Diaspora send Psychological First Response Team to Aid Pittsburgh
A team of volunteers from United Hatzalah of Israel, in cooperation with the Ministry of Diaspora and the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, is heading from Israel to aid the community and victims of the shooting attack that took place in a Synagogue yesterday. The team is comprised of members of the organization’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Read more