In a moving display of unity between Jewish lifesaving organizations, Rabbi Hershel Weber, the trailblazing founder of Hatzalah in the United States, was warmly welcomed by Magen David Adom (MDA) medics while visiting Meron for Lag BaOmer.
In a moving display of unity between Jewish lifesaving organizations, Rabbi Hershel Weber, the trailblazing founder of Hatzalah in the United States, was warmly welcomed by Magen David Adom (MDA) medics while visiting Meron for Lag BaOmer.
The visit marked a powerful moment of connection between the man who pioneered volunteer-based emergency response in Brooklyn’s frum neighborhoods more than 50 years ago and the national EMS network that now safeguards millions across Israel, including the hundreds of thousands who ascend Meron each year for the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
Rabbi Weber was transported to Meron in a specially outfitted MDA ambulance equipped for wheelchair access. MDA Chief of Staff Uri Shacham coordinated the visit with care and kavod and was supported by Yossi Fraenkel of Hatzolah Air Israel.
