Caring For Holocaust Survivors’ Health And Dignity, All Year Round The story of Mordechai Greenstein and Yosef Arzad In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, it is important to not only remember those who were lost, but also the survivors of the Holocaust Read more

On Monday afternoon, a 23-year-old construction worker was electrocuted at a construction site on Dorif Street in Ashkelon and sustained severe injuries, and lost consciousness. Worried eyewitnesses called emergency medical services for help. David and Atara Hajaj, a husband and wife, who are both United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs and live just next to the site Read more

On Thursday morning just before 09:00 A.M., two men were injured in a collision between an electric scooter and a bicycle on HaMa’ayan street in Ramat Gan. Panicked bystanders alerted emergency services.  United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yosef Akler, a sales agent by profession, was at work in the vicinity when an alert went off on Read more

On Monday just before 10:00 P.M., a man in his 60s suffered a cardiac arrest in his house on Anne Frank street in Ramat Gan. His son immediately called emergency services and initiated CPR. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yaakov Shlezinger was the first EMT at the scene after interrupting a late-night business meeting that was Read more

On Saturday night around 9:00 pm, an 85-year-old man choked on the food his caretaker gave him to eat on HaHida Street in Bnei Brak. Worried eyewitnesses called emergency medical services for help. Netanel Rosa, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was nearby with a friend when his proximity alert went off notifying him about the Read more

On Sunday morning just after 09:00 A.M., a man fell from a ladder while doing housework in the village of Jatt in central Israel. His worried relatives, upon the injury, immediately called emergency services for help. Nashat Watad, a dentist who volunteers as an EMT with United Hatzalah, was at home when he was alerted Read more

As Ukraine is being wracked with sub-zero temperatures, snow, and with the persistent shortage of electricity caused by the continuation of the war, numerous establishments such as schools, orphanages, and medical clinics have requested assistance in coping with the extremely low temperatures and the lack of ability to prepare food. On Tuesday, a team of Read more

On Wednesday, an elderly Jewish man with no living Jewish relatives passed away in Ukraine in the town of Bila Tserkva. A Christian burial ceremony was planned for the deceased until a local rabbi heard about the news and notified United Hatzalah volunteer Naftali Rabinovich, from the Uman branch of the organization. Rabinovich was in Read more

On Sunday morning, a man in his early 40s suffered an irregular heart arrhythmia on Awad Street in the village of Tamra in northern Israel and collapsed on the street. Worried bystanders called medical services for help. Sbri Diab, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was at work when he received the alert from United Hatzalah’s Read more

On Monday, at approximately 10:00 A.M., a woman in her 80s suffered a cardiac arrest and lost consciousness, collapsing on the floor of her home on Schiller Street in Kfar Saba. The woman’s worried relatives called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Alex Felsen was at his office close to the area of Read more