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United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer. Source: United Hatzalah via Facebook.

United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer off ventilator, begins recovery from COVID-19

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United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer woke up from a coma and was taken off a ventilator on April 9 at the University of Miami Hospital, where he is recovering from the coronavirus. The 46-year-old, who...
United Hatzalah opened a “humanitarian emergency center” to help coordinate and deliver food packages to elderly citizens and Holocaust survivors on March 25, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

New dispatch center launched by Israel’s ‘largest humanitarian-aid group’

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With the coronavirus pandemic isolating thousands of at-risk Israelis in their homes, United Hatzalah—the independent, nonprofit Emergency Medical Service (EMS) organization—opened a “humanitarian emergency center” on March 25 to help coordinate and deliver food...
From left: Kayla Tzur, Gitty Beer, Rania Abu Shaban, Sheryl Sandberg and Sassy Simon. Photo by United Hatzalah.

Sheryl Sandberg donates ambulance to United Hatzalah during Israel visit

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and her family dedicated a new ambulance to Israeli EMS organization United Hatzalah during a visit to the organization’s national headquarters in Jerusalem last week. The ambulance will be stationed in...
NCSY Hatzalah Rescue participants in Israel receive medallions celebrating their first “lives saved.” Credit: NCSY.

NCSY Hatzalah Rescue: Training the next generation of emergency responders

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Sam Blech, 16, and Rivkah Zigman, also 16, both campers on NCSY Hatzalah Rescue, were volunteering as part of their summer program with a United Hatzalah ambulance crew in Tel Aviv. At approximately 7...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with American comedian Jay Leno at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 21, 2014. Photo by Kobi Gideon/ GPO/Flash90.

In Los Angeles, United Hatzalah raises $5 million with help from Jay Leno

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Thanks to the generous donations of contributors and the support of celebrity comedian Jay Leno, the first annual Los Angeles Gala of Friends of United Hatzalah on Thursday raised enough money to buy 100...
United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to improve an elderly water sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a way he had not done since a life-changing double amputation. November 2018. Credit: United Hatzalah.

‘A Team of Angels’: Helping an amputee find a reason to live

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Two weeks ago, United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to dramatically improve an elderly water-sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a...
Muslim volunteers of United Hatzalah and the local ambulance team of Kfar Kara pose together after a training session. Sanaa Mahameed is third from right. Credit: United Hatzalah.

Fast or no fast, life-saving volunteers observing Ramadan keep up with their work

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Five United Hatzalah emergency-medical volunteers responded to a large-scale fire in Umm al-Fahm on June 13, the penultimate day of the month of Ramadan—the holiest month in the Muslim calendar. The blaze took place...

United Hatzalah advances its headquarters and life-saving fleet for Israel’s 70th

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In honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary, the Israeli organization United Hatzalah dedicated its new “National Lifesaving Headquarters” in Jerusalem, which included first-floor renovations and plans for another three to four floors of overhauls. In...