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Helping The Old and the Blind – Ten Kavod Herzliya – Nati Gazibat and Shlomo Cohen
Ten Kavod Herzliya – Nati Gazibat and Shlomo Cohen Nati Gazibat- Nati Gazibat is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT from Herzliya who is fully devoted to helping others. Around four years ago, Nati retired from his long-time job of working for his family business and decided to spend all of his time doing what he Read more
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A True Friendship Between a Muslim and Jew
Written by Sarah Bechor: I met Ranya Abu Sha’ban a few years back. I was told that out of all of United Hatzalah’s 6000+ volunteers, she was the only woman Muslim medic who spoke English. And she still is. Our friendship began when I asked her if she wanted to fly to London to Read more
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After A Month Without Medication Ukrainian Refugee In Serious Condition Receives Medical Care At Moldova Border
On Saturday, a team operating today on the Palanca border between Ukraine and Moldova identified long queues on the Ukrainian side and requested to enter to see if there were refugees that required medical attention inside the border. Vicky Tiferet, who was one of the volunteers with United Hatzalah who was stationed at the border spoke Read more
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Sheryl Sandberg, Meta COO and Founder of Lean In and Option B, Donates $1 Million to Support United Hatzalah’s Relief Efforts For Ukrainian Refugees
United Hatzalah, the volunteer-based emergency medical services organization based in Israel with a standing presence across the U.S., announced today that it has received a generous $1 million donation from Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Meta and Founder of Lean In and Option B, and her fiancé Tom Bernthal, founder and former CEO of Read more
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Joint Operation Between The Jewish Agency, United Hatzalah, and Beilinson Hospital, Airlifts 6 Critically Ill Ukrainian Refugees To Receive Medical Care In Israel
On a plane that was especially charted by United Hatzalah and converted into a flying intensive care unit, left Israel this morning on its way to Bucharest in a joint operation between the Jewish Agency, Beilinson Hospital (from Clalit), and United Hatzalah. The goal of the mission was to evacuate and transport a number of Read more
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A Firsthand Look From The Ground As Part of Operation Orange Wings
By: Hadas Rucham “So, how was it???” I returned from the United Hatzalah humanitarian aid delegation to the Ukrainian border over a week ago and I still do not know how to answer this question that I have been asked so many times over. I’m never sure whether the person asking the question is just Read more
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Three Weeks At The Ukrainian Border – There and Back Again
By Vicki Tiferet- Three weeks ago, I flew out of Israel with a pioneer team of United Hatzalah volunteers as part of a delegation to the Moldova-Ukraine border to provide humanitarian aid and medical care for refugees who were displaced by the current war between Russia and Ukraine. I was there for 12 days Read more
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Learning A Message of Kindness From Moldovan Car Mechanics In Support of Ukrainian Refugees
By Shay Reitzes- On the United Hatzalah delegation to Ukraine, we met so many incredible people, people, who like us, came from all over the world to help the Ukrainian refugees in their plight. Being based in Chisinau, Moldova, we met plenty of locals who assisted us in helping the refugees as well. This past Read more
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Helping Ukrainian Refugees Through The Present Into An Uncertain Future
When you arrive on the border of a war zone, you expect to be doing a certain kind of work. Dealign with refugees, helping people who have lost everything cope at the border as they say goodbye to their homeland and family members who had to stay behind, etc… One could understand my personal frustration Read more
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A Small Miracle On Ta’anit Esther Brings A Jewish Ukrainian Refugee Home on Purim, Reunited With His Daughter
On Wednesday morning, a small miracle took place in the middle of a refugee center in Chisinau, Moldova. A disabled Jewish man had made his way across the Ukrainian border thanks to the help he received from his ex-wife, who is not Jewish. The pair were being housed in a makeshift refugee center that had Read more