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Braman Family Foundation completes MDA’s armored ambulance fleet.

The Braman Family Foundation recently donated $250,000 to purchase an armored ambulance for Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service. The donation of this armored ambulance brings its armored fleet to 50 and fulfills Magen David Adom’s current need for armored vehicles. Read more

MDA head of volunteers talks to ILTV about rescue operations during Jerusalem fire.

ILTV — Itsik Goldfarb, head of the volunteer department for Magen David Adom, discusses MDA’s preparations, evacuations, and trainings for the massive wildfires in the Jerusalem forest that destroyed some 6,200 acres between Sunday and Tuesday. More than 2,000 people were evacuated from their homes. Thankfully,… Read more

MDA graduate aces EMT test and saves a life the same day.

About a week ago, Joshua Rothstein finished Magen David Adom’s final EMT exam, scoring a perfect 100. That same day, when he arrived at the Haganah train station in Tel Aviv to return to his home in Rehovot, he heard an announcement requesting immediate medical… Read more

MDA helps evacuate nursing home residents due to major fire in the Jerusalem mountains.

A massive wildfire that began on Sunday in the forest outside Jerusalem has so far destroyed some 6,200 acres (as of Tuesday morning in Israel). According to the Times of Israel, strong winds sent the flames toward villages throughout Jerusalem’s southwest outskirts,… Read more

Son of couple who lost first baby in terror attack has a brit today.

The Talmud says that when you’ve saved one life, it’s as though you’ve saved an entire world. There’s perhaps no more vivid illustration of that than the 6-pound-5-ounce boy born last week to Shira and Amichai Ish-Ran, who celebrated baby’s brit milah this morning (Monday, August 16)… Read more

Jerusalem synagogues receive defibrillators in time for High Holidays.

THE JERUSALEM POST —  New defibrillators were placed in Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue, kicking off a program funded by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews to outfit the Holy City’s houses of worship with these lifesaving devices. Fellowship President Yael Eckstein said that 230 additional devices will be… Read more

Young people come to Israel to volunteer on MDA ambulances.

THE JERUSALEM POST — Young people from all around the world came to Israel this summer to volunteer with Magen David Adom (MDA), helping treat injured Israelis as first responders on ambulance teams. Israel Experience and MDA partnered to run the program, which trains the young… Read more

MDA opens Covid testing centers across Israel.

THE JERUSALEM POST — Some 120 rapid coronavirus antigen testing complexes will open across Israel on Sunday as part of the Health Ministry’s Green Pass program. The complexes will be operated by Magen David Adom (MDA) at their stations or other major centers nationwide. MDA is expected to… Read more

Israel’s Channel 12 reunites EMT heroes and victim of terrorist ambush.

Israel’s Channel 12 — When Israel was facing a war with Gaza and internal sectarian riots in May, MDA paramedics and EMTs risked their lives to save civilians in danger. AFMDA shared a story about one such rescue in Dimona. Now, Israel’s Channel 12… Read more

Israel rolls out Covid booster shot for seniors, executed by MDA.

Under the direction of the Ministry of Health, Magen David Adom began an extensive vaccination booster campaign on Sunday in nursing homes throughout Israel in an effort to curb the Delta variant and protect vulnerable populations. “As Israel’s national rescue organization that has been at… Read more