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My journey with MDA: a first step toward giving back.

Growing up in a family deeply rooted in the values of service and compassion, I’ve always felt inspired by the examples around me. My father’s leadership as the Livingston chief of Hatzalah MetroWest has shown me the importance of… Read more

AFMDA holds first joint breakfast briefing with Hatzalah of Baltimore.

Baltimore, MD – Jan. 30, 2025 – American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) and Hatzalah of Baltimore held a joint breakfast and briefing on January 28, the first ever local event organized by the two groups.  Held at Hatzalah’s… Read more

Unbroken: once saved by MDA, Shlomo Perel continues to inspire and save others as a volunteer.

Shlomo Perel, senior EMT and ambulance driver, as well as a lieutenant colonel in the IDF medical corps, epitomizes the Israeli spirit. Perel started volunteering with Magen David Adom more than 30 years ago as a youth volunteer when he was 15 years old. Twenty-four years… Read more

MDA paramedic speaks in Livingston.

A life support ambulance for Israel was dedicated on Friday morning, January 17 at Temple Beth Shalom, Livingston. Donated to Magen David Adom, Israel’s national paramedic service, it helps fill the urgent need for equipment, especially since October 7,… Read more

Mother nature’s child.

MDA teams helped deliver a baby in the Jerusalem Forest. Expectant couple Hallel and Natan Stein set off for the hospital after Hallel’s water broke. Along the way, the young couple dropped their two children off at daycare, picked up Hallel’s mother, and parked their… Read more

MDA ambulance dedicated in Rose Lubin’s memory.

The moving ceremony was held at Congregation Ariel on Jan. 5. A large crowd of friends, relatives, and community leaders gathered in the sanctuary at Congregation Ariel on Sunday, Jan. 5 to dedicate an ambulance for Magen David Adom… Read more

MDA pilots suicide prevention program.

Magen David Adom launched a new pilot program to improve its response to mental health emergencies and prevent suicide. This initiative is based on the understanding that mental health emergencies, like physical ones, require immediate and professional intervention to prevent harm. The program was conceptualized… Read more

Eddie and Marianna Rabinovitch create fundraising momentum with matching grant for MDA’s new training center.

Eddie and Marianna Rabinovitch, of Miami, have long been supporters of Jewish and Israeli causes, but after the horrific October 7 attacks last year, they knew they wanted to make a major contribution to an organization aimed at saving lives. Having supported Magen David Adom… Read more

MDA treats eight, declares three dead, in shooting terror attack.

Magen David Adom dispatched ambulances, Mobile Intensive Care Units, and Medicycles to the scene of a shooting terror attack that targeted a bus and two cars on Route 55 near Karnei Shomron and Kedumim Monday morning. MDA EMTs and paramedics provided medical treatment to eight… Read more

Baptist paramedic draws strength from God in volunteer work with MDA.

Jesus’ hometown and the place where his ministry began also is hometown to Yasmeen Mazzawi, a volunteer paramedic with Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency services system. Read more on Baptist Standard>>… Read more