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Shlomo Jaffe
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Moishe Yitzchok Eckstein
Hillel you’re the best
1 month ago
Shlomo Jaffe
1 month ago
דרך הלב יזמות בעמ
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Shloimi Feder
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Hershel Margaretten
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Shlomo Yaffa
3 months ago
Moishe Yitzchok Eckstein
For the Special Man Hillel Cohen, always here to help 24/7 I am proud to be your friend
3 months ago
Ralph Herzka
Thank you Reb Hilel for your great work! Keep it up!
3 months ago
Shia Reisz
Amazing organization
3 months ago
Herschel Friedman
In honor of Hillel Cohen, a true baal chesed!
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Neil and Sarah Rosen-Webb
An additional donation- With grateful thanks and deep appreciation for the kindness...
4 months ago
חנה לוי
למשפחת כהן הנדירה והאהובה עם זכויות כמו שלכם...
4 months ago
לזכות הילל כהן
לזכות ר הילל כהן ומשפחתו
4 months ago
מנחם גולדווי
להלל כהן היקר חזק ואמץ
4 months ago
שלום שטיינברג
לזכות רבי הלל היקר באדם
4 months ago
Anonymous
ה ישמור אתכם ואת משפחותיכם
4 months ago
יהושע שוחט
הלל כהן, חזק ואמץ!
4 months ago
Our Mission: Saving Lives
When every second counts, United Hatzalah is there.
Code Blue. Cardiac arrest. 60-year-old male on the 4th floor. United Hatzalah volunteers arrive within 90 seconds, stabilize the patient, and transport him to the hospital. They're ready for the next urgent call.
Code Orange. Disaster. Multiple Casualties. The call goes out to all EMS responders, police and IDF personnel. United Hatzalah volunteers are the first responders to arrive on the scene.
Because our mission is to save lives.
How do we do it? United Hatzalah's iconic ambucycles, ambulances, state-of-the-art communication system, and pioneering GPS technology enable our volunteers to arrive within minutes of emergencies - every time.
Now our communication system is at risk. Thousands of lives are in peril
The mobile technology that powers our Motorola PTT devices is being phased out at the end of 2017! This is an urgent upgrade that is crucial to saving lives. Every one of United Hatzalah's 5,000 volunteers must be outfitted TODAY with pioneering new mobile devices that will accelerate response time, improve data streaming, and allow the resources needed to reach the scene of the emergency on time, every time. Each new device costs $1800 which is why we urgently need your help.
"Lifeline" Communication Device:
- Ensures the fastest communication anytime, in any place
- Withstands dust, rain and heat.
- Has dedicated and textured "push to talk" button that helps fast voice collaboration
- Is scratch, shatter and water resistant
answered every day
each year
in Israel
Mark and Rabbi Erica Gerson, International Chairman of United Hatzalah
Mark Gerson is the co-founder and Chairman of the Gerson Lehrman Group. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Julius, the co-founder and Chairman of Thuzio, co-founder and co-Chairman of Voray, and the co-founder of Quality Reviews.
Mark is the International Chairman of United Hatzalah, having co-founded the International organization with Eli Beer in 2006. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of the African Mission Healthcare Foundation, which supports the work of Christian medical missionaries serving in Africa. As part of that work, he and his wife Erica started the annual Rabbi Erica and Mark Gerson L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Christian Medical Missionary Service now entering its third year. He is also the co-founder of United Rescue, which is bringing the United Hatzalah model of crowd-sourced volunteer first response to the United States. Mark is also the author of books on intellectual history and on education, and has published articles on subjects including the Biblical Jonah, Frank Sinatra's legacy and the OJ Simpson case in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The Weekly Standard and other publications. He is a graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School.
Rabbi Erica Gerson graduated from Amherst College, magna cum laude, and received both Rabbinical ordination and a Masters in Religious Education from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2007. Erica is a member of the Board of Directors of Rodeph Sholom School, a Reform Jewish day school. Erica is also a board member of United Hatzalah of Israel.
Mark and Erica live with their four children in Manhattan.
Harvey and Gloria Kaylie
The Kaylies have made a permanent impact on the nation of Israel and the Jewish community in the United States. Since the 1970s, Harvey has made a prestigious and economic impact on Israel through the success of Ravon Electronics, a branch of the 1969-founded company Mini-Circuits Inc., of which Harvey was President. With Gloria by his side in spirit and in deed, Harvey made the company a global leader in radio frequency and microwave signal processing components.
However, this was just the start. Throughout their lives the Kaylies have made giving a priority. Today, their philanthropy has helped young people with developmental disabilities integrate with their peers via Camp Kaylie; benefitted Jewish education through support of Yeshiva University, Yeshiva Har Torah, and a variety of Jewish Federations; and they have impacted social services and health care in Israel. Their most recent donation for establishment of the Kaylie Kidney Health Center of Excellence at Rambam Health Care Campus will facilitate innovative kidney research—impacting kidney health at a global level, and ensuring the best possible medical care for kidney patients in Israel’s northern region.
About United Hatzalah Ukraine
United Hatzalah Ukraine was founded by Rabbi Hillel Cohen in light of the incredible increase in the amount of Yidden coming to daven at kivrei tzaddikim, explore their roots and tour the Ukraine.
Together with the increase in visitors, the growth of the local Jewish community meant there was a need to establish a Hatzalah unit as is common in Jewish communities throughout the world. In order to train local medics Hillel reached out to Eli Beer of United Hatzalah Israel, an entirely volunteer-run / chesed-based organization “Where there is none ... Strive to be one!”
Medics
About 100 medics were trained throughout Ukraine and equipped with professional medical and resuscitation equipment. Ambulances
In emergency medical conditions, the volunteers of United Hatzalah Ukraine have a well-equipped ambulance at the ready. The ambulance serves United Hatzalah Ukraine faithfully, enabling volunteers to respond rapidly and save lives. In addition, the ambulance is used for medical transport and facilitating medevac operations, from the scene of the incident itself, through the airport entrance and up to the tarmac.
The Uman Rosh Hashanah Clinic
For tens of thousands of people coming to Uman for Rosh Hashanah, the clinic near the Kloiz in Uman is well known.12 senior doctors from Israel are on-staff providing coverage. A team of paramedics and EMTs, headed by Rabbis Nachi Klein and Avigdor Landsman, stand ready 24 hours a day to treat every case, whether minor or major. Every year thousands of incidents occur, with a number of evacuations to hospitals in Kiev and (in rare instances) international medevac flights. This year, United Hatzalah took upon itself to fund and operate the clinic for the first time as an integral part of the its Medical Division, in order to streamline and expand its services.
Mobile clinics at other times of the year
In addition to its regular activities in Uman, the "United Hatzalah - Ukraine" mobile clinics operate in the field whenever and wherever Jews from all over the world gather to daven at kivrei tzaddikim. The clinics provide first aid and emergency services and are staffed by physicians and other care providers.
On the holiday of Shavuot (both days) the Yahrzeit of the Baal Shem Tov zy”a, the mobile clinic moves to the town of Mezubizh, providing medical services to those who come to pray at the kever of the Tzaddik.
This is also the case on the Yahrzeit of the holy Rabbi Yisroel of Vladnik and the Baal Hatanya zy”a in Haditch, both of which occur during the brutally cold Ukrainian winters. The devoted medics of United Hatzalah Ukraine are on call with the mobile clinic, ready to respond to any emergency. The clinic provides free medical services to all patients. Many Chassidic courts make large group visits to the kevarim of the tzadikkim in the Ukraine, such as Boyan, Belz, Machnovka and Vizhnitz. They have all benefited from the services of the United Hatzalah Ukraine mobile clinic.
International Emergency Hotline
Please save the emergency hotline number for United Hatzalah Ukraine.
For medical emergencies in the Ukraine call: +380638001221
Medical Consultation
In the Ukraine, United Hatzalah's activity is vital given the extremely poor level of medical service in pre-hospital and in-facility care. United Hatzalah Ukraine has become the preeminent address for Jews in need of emergency medical services and medical advice. From treatment at the scene itself to assistance with medevac and more.
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