Archives: Stories
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A Mothers Day Miracle
On Sunday afternoon at around 12:30 in Herzliya, an 86-year-old woman lost consciousness in her bedroom. The woman had just finished eating lunch with her daughter and granddaughter and excused herself because she was feeling unwell. The granddaughter immediately called emergency services when she realized that her grandmother was lying unresponsive on the floor of Read more
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After Collapsing In Her Own Kindergarten, Ashdod Teacher Successfully Resuscitated by First Responders
Just after 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, a kindergarten teacher in her 40s lost consciousness and collapsed in front of the children in a local kindergarten in Ashdod. Children shrieked as other staff members hurriedly called emergency services for help. One of the staff rushed down the street to a local medical clinic to try and Read more
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105-Year-Old Haifa Woman Chokes In Her Home, Successfully Resuscitated
On Tuesday morning, a 105-year-old woman choked while eating her breakfast in her own home in Haifa. Both her son-in-law and her caretaker were with her as her face turned blue and she started to lose consciousness. Upon recognizing the situation they immediately called emergency services for help. In the same neighborhood, a young woman Read more
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Holocaust Survivors Reunite With Long Lost Family Members, Hold Bar Mitzvah Celebration at age of 92
Walter and Oscar Blau, a pair of Holocaust survivor brothers from Israel, were sure they were the only ones in their family who survived the Holocaust and World War II. To their surprise, they discovered that they have an entire family living in the United States, a family which they knew nothing about until very Read more
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Being There For Others In Their Time of Need – The Story Of A Pesach Rescue
On Thursday night (Erev Shvi’i Shel Pesach), Rabbi Shalom Zohar was at synagogue in Kfar Saba in the middle of evening prayers, when his United Hatzalah comm device started buzzing. A man from the neighborhood had collapsed suddenly at his home on Yoel Street; the man’s wife had discovered her 53-year-old husband unconscious and was Read more
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Visits to a Senior Citizen With a Heart Full of Love
Talia Asher- Talia is 60 years old. She resides in Mevaseret, where she was born and raised and where her parents met and got married. Her two children also live there along with their spouses and children, Talia’s grandchildren, and they come to visit all the time. Talia feels fortunate that her family is continuing Read more
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Baby Girl Born Three Years After Her Father’s Life Was Saved, Both By The Same EMT
On Monday night, a woman went into labor at her home in one of Jerusalem’s northern neighborhoods. Her husband quickly called emergency services for help. The family, who was familiar with some of the first responders in their neighborhood, waited excitedly for them to arrive. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Leah Einhorn, who is part of Read more
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Telling The Story Of How I Survived The Holocaust Through Art
Written by Sarah Bechor and Daniel Yaron. Adapted from the original translation by Raphael Poch. In this picture, you see Jenny Rosenstein a Holocaust survivor, with Daniel Yaron, a 26 years old first-year medical student at Tel Aviv University. In addition to his studies, Daniel is a participant of the IMPACT! scholarship program for soldiers Read more
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Helping One Another Improve
Yehuda Bar is 27-years-old and is studying industrial design at HIT in Holon. Through the Impact scholarship program, Yehuda started volunteering with United Hatzalah’s Ten Kavod project. Impact is a program for released IDF soldiers who have gone on to study in college. As part of the program, the participant is required to undertake a Read more
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Ashdod Woman Successfully Resuscitated After A Dangerous Fall In Her Home
On Monday at around 6:30 p.m., United Hatzalah’s dispatch center received a notification that a 75-year-old woman had lost consciousness in her home and required immediate medical attention. The woman had been found by her caretaker on her kitchen floor after a suspected fall. The woman was unconscious and unresponsive when the caretaker tried to Read more