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Top Jewish Music Artists Proud To Support Life-Saving EMS Organization
“United Hatzalah needs no introduction.” So said Yaakov Shwekey in front of a sold-out audience at the Israel Convention Center in Jerusalem on Thursday night during the benefit concert for United Hatzalah. More than 3,000 people were in attendance at the annual gala concert that has become a mainstay of the Jerusalem cultural scene over Read more
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California Teen and Newly Minted EMT Saves Two Lives In Two Countries In Two Weeks
18-year-old Coral Sellouk, may have been the youngest person to ever train as a United Hatzalah EMT. She began her course in January in Israel at the age of 17, as part of the organization’s NREMT training course that gives participants the ability to become recognized EMTs both in Israel and in the United States. Read more
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Going Above and Beyond With Pizza and Ice Cream
Yosef Bruchim volunteers with United Hatzalah both as an EMT and as part of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit. On a recent Thursday evening, Yosef was at home in Bnei Brak eating dinner with his wife when they heard shouts coming from the sidewalk outside. People were standing in the street, shouting up to Read more
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Inscribe Yourself in the Book of Life and Lifesaving
United Hatzalah of Israel is inviting people from all over the world to take part in it mission to save live in Israel, this year, on Yom Kippur. With thousands of calls received across the country each year on the holiest of days on the Jewish calendar, EMS volunteers are busiest during this day. “During Read more
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Living Life Interrupted
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Gilad Auerbach is always ready to answer an emergency call no matter what else is happening in life. The Talmei Yechiel resident is married and the father of one. Two weeks ago his wife Hemda was planned an evening out with family friends at a local restaurant in Sderot. As Gilad Read more
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Inscribe Yourself In The Book of Lifesaving
Every single day, more than 1,000 people in Israel find themselves in the worst scenario that they have ever been in their lives. They are facing severe medical crises and are in need of emergency assistance. When these moments happen, and they can happen to anyone and everyone in the blink of an eye, a Read more
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From One Mother To Another… Your Son Will Be Okay
Dana Attias is a single mother of three. She works as a beautician at her own company and volunteers as a United Hatzalah EMT. One night last week at 2:00 am, Dana was jarred awake by her United Hatzalah communications device. A child was convulsing in a nearby building. Dana jumped out of bed, Read more
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A Chazzan’s Prayers Interrupted on Yom Kippur
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Menachem Eisenbach is looking forward to an uninterrupted tefillah this year on Yom Kippur. However, those rarely occur for first responders. Last year, Eisenbach had his tefillot interrupted in a way that he will never forget. A woman was davening in the same shul as Eisenbach with her one year-old Read more
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This Man is Alive Because of You
Naor Cohen is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT in Shlomi, a small town near Israel’s border with Lebanon. Cohen was recently alerted to an emergency that occurred in a nearby kibbutz. A man had suddenly lost consciousness. Dashing out of his home, he hopped on his ambucycle and sped off towards neighboring Kibbutz Hanita where Read more
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If You Call I Will Answer and If You Fall I’ll Pick You Up
United Hatzalah emergency medical service (EMS) volunteers respond to more than 1,000 emergencies per day in Israel. But some rescue stories rise above the others. This is one such story. EMT Dov Bash lives in Telshe Stone with his family. Bash is an extremely active EMT who responds to emergency calls in the entire region Read more