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MDA volunteer EMT Rabbi Tsayger killed in Eli terror attack.

Magen David Adom volunteer medic Rabbi Yitschak Tsayger, 57, was a victim of a terror attack at a gas station in Eli in the Binyamin Region on Thursday. Rabbi Tsayger was a volunteer EMT in Psagot where he lived. A father of three and grandfather… Read more

Meet Orit Ohana: mother, teacher, and MDA volunteer paramedic.

Even though the past few months have meant a lot of time away from Orit Ohana’s family and students, a warm smile still fills the Magen David Adom volunteer paramedic’s face, and she is full of optimism and pride. Besides volunteering for MDA for the… Read more

MDA team reunites with 6-year-old who survived life-threatening car accident.

When Matan Levy was five years old, he was critically injured in a car accident. Now that a year has passed and Levy has undergone a lengthy rehabilitation, his parents invited the MDA team who saved his life to a dinner party to thank them. Read more

Doctors from abroad join MDA in its hour of need.

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: One group, whose help has been invaluable since Oct. 7, is the team of medical professionals who flew over to shore up the Israeli healthcare system, in its hour of need. Since the start of the war in… Read more

MDA’s lifesaving technology revealed at international conference.

MDA’s advanced technological capabilities enabled it to respond to the tens of thousands of calls received on October 7. Ido Rosenblatt, Information Systems Director of Magen David Adom and MDA Paramedic Menachem Blumenthal discussed the organization’s lifesaving activities on… Read more

This couple is saving lives in Israel’s embattled north.

Dor Vaknin and Hadar Shayer Until the morning of October 7, the lives of Dor Vaknin and Hadar Shayer, both medics with Magen David Adom, were fairly routine, even for medics. But since the outbreak of the war, both Vaknin and Shayer have been on… Read more

MDA Sderot team featured on Israeli television.

Former Member of Knesset Yigal Guetta hosts a television show on Israel’s Kan 11 network called “Guetta’s on the Way” in which Guetta and his daughter Simcha Guetta travel around Israel to meet people effected by the current war. They cook… Read more

Cleveland men see AFMDA work close-up after Oct. 7

As Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical service, responded to the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel and the needs that followed, it did so through the support of Clevelanders. Magen David Adom is largely supported through American Friends of Magen David Adom,… Read more

Bronx Independent Lawyers for Justice contributes $18,000 to MDA.

“We value equality, public service and a deep commitment to the common good,” said criminal-defense advocate Marvin Ray Raskin. A diverse group of 50-plus individuals and small-firm attorneys practicing defense advocacy in Bronx County courts has donated $18,000 to support Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency… Read more

A new MDA station opens in Julis.

There is a new Magen David Adom station in Julis, a Druze village in Northern Israel. The new station will serve the residents of seven Druze towns and villages in the Western Galilee.   “We believe in the true covenant that has existed since the establishment… Read more