Magen David Adom is an organization that offers disaster relief and emergency services to Israeli citizens. It is Israel’s official representative to the International Red Cross, and helps collect blood for the injured and sick, milk for infants and ambulances for emergency providers, among other things. Its role is essential to keeping Israelis as safe as they can be — and since Oct. 7, 2023, support for Magen David Adom from Jewish and non-Jewish communities in the United States have skyrocketed.
In Philadelphia, the community has rallied together and made a huge impact on Magen David Adom and its work in Israel, said Dawn Saidel, associate director of major gifts at American Friends of Magen David Adom and the head of the organization’s Greater Philadelphia division.
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