News

MDA shares Covid blood donation solution at JPost Conference.

THE JERUSALEM POST — Magen David Adom has been responsible for all of Israel’s blood supply, including for the IDF, since 1950. MDA has ensured that the State of Israel’s medical system has the blood supply needed despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the organization’s Director… Read more

Drones deliver sushi, beer….and blood products?

Magen David Adom is proud to participate in Israel’s National Drone Initiative, testing the ability to deliver blood, platelets, and plasma to two Tel Aviv hospitals via drone. The goal is to verify the method of packaging, product quality during flight, and procedures to ensure… Read more

MDA brings traveling sukkah to cheer staff on Sukkot.

THE JERUSALEM POST — Due to the long hours Magen David Adom (MDA) teams are working, dealing with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and helping test thousands of Israelis for the virus, MDA Chabad House Rabbi Yonatan Shpitzer decided to bring the spirit of Sukkot… Read more

Third COVID shot boosts immunity tenfold – Israeli study now peer-reviewed.

THE JERUSALEM POST — Taking a third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine boosts the immunity of recipients more than tenfold compared to those who received only two doses of the vaccine more than five prior, according to a report published Wednesday night by Israeli researchers in the … Read more

Watch video depicting Covid testing preparations for Israeli pilgrimage to Ukraine.

MDA sent some 70 EMTs and paramedics to Uman, Ukraine to administer Covid tests to Orthodox Jews before they return to Israel following their annual Rosh HaShanah pilgrimage. Approximately 30,000 Israelis observed the holiday at the grave of Nachman of Breslov, an influential 18th century… Read more

500 National Service volunteers start a new year at MDA.

Along with Israel’s schoolchildren, National and Civil Service volunteers began a new year on September 1st. Some 500 of the 18,000 teenagers volunteer with Magen David Adom, providing one to two years of service. To commemorate the start of the year, Reuven Pinski, director-general of… Read more

Israel’s soccer champions promote Covid booster.

THE JERUSALEM POST — Footballers of Israeli Premier League champions Maccabi Haifa received their coronavirus booster shots on Thursday [September 2] at the Kfar Galim training complex. Both senior and youth players got jabbed by MDA [EMTs], as part of the campaign to encourage the Israeli… Read more

MDA to send delegation to Ukraine to ensure Jews on pilgrimage don’t return with Covid.

Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, will be sending as many as 70 EMTs and paramedics to Ukraine, where they’ll be administering Covid tests to Orthodox Jews before they return to Israel following their annual Rosh HaShanah pilgrimage to the grave… Read more

Some 1,150 MDA teen volunteers take part in summer training courses

THE JERUSALEM POST — During summer vacation, Magen David Adom (MDA) gave courses for teenagers in first-aid care with the goal of improving the medical education of the teen volunteers in MDA. The volunteers were trained in dealing with multiple casualty incidents and given professional tools for teaching… Read more

MDA to place defibrillators in Jerusalem synagogues before Jewish New Year.

JNS —  Magen David Adom has been prioritizing the task of placing defibrillators in public spaces throughout Israel this year. Already, thousands have been installed around the country, including hundreds to be added in Jerusalem synagogues before Rosh Hashanah. The project—the first of its scale… Read more