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Marcus Foundation makes additional $10 million matching gift towards completion of Israel’s new national blood center.

Atlanta (December 4, 2020) — The Marcus Foundation today announced that it will make a $10 million matching grant to ensure the completion of Israel’s new national blood services center, a first-of-its-kind shielded blood facility that will protect Israel’s strategic blood reserves against missile, chemical, and… Read more

MDA’s COVID-19 course teaches public how to break chain of infection.

Magen David Adom launched a three-hour course recently to educate the public on coronavirus safety and how to break the chain of infection. Time and again, experts have concluded that the most effective way of stopping the spread of the virus is by isolating those… Read more

A miracle in the synagogue.

A 27-year-old Rehovot man owes his life to a Magen David Adom (MDA) volunteer who was praying in the open area of a school courtyard beside him on the day that he collapsed. Omer Haim went to services recently in the courtyard near his home… Read more

MDA’s Virtual Celebration attracts more than 7,000 viewers and raises $1.4 million.

New York (November 12, 2020) — An online event Sunday, November 8, to raise funds for Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service, attracted more than 7,375 viewers in the U.S. and Canada, the most people who’ve ever attended an event for the organization, and… Read more

MDA inaugurates telemedicine program to reduce the number of patients requiring hospitalization.

Or Yehuda, Israel (November 19, 2020) — Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical service, has launched a telemedicine program that could reduce the number of patients requiring hospitalization by as much as a third. Under what MDA is calling its Community Medicine Initiative, MDA paramedics and… Read more

MDA Shafir Botner named one of Israel’s “People of the Year”

Shafir Botner, director of the Paramedic Education Center for Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service, was named by the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronoth as one of its “People of the Year,” citing Dr. Botner’s work at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic there. Read more

Celebrate 90 years of saving lives in Israel.

Join Jason Alexander, Howie Mandel, and an exciting lineup of guests and performers for a night to remember — and an opportunity to save lives in Israel. Sunday, November 8th7:30 – 8:30 p.m. ET Participating in the celebration is free, but registration is required. Register… Read more

Thanks to MDA, this 13-year-old boy hasn’t played his last game

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