Hatzalah

'I don’t care about optics': Inside United Hatzalah’s Jerusalem daycare disaster response

United Hatzalah responders treated children, managed a possible toxic threat, and supported parents during a crisis at a Jerusalem daycare.

|BySHIR PERETS
Israel Police take a woman in for questioning.
Hatzolah Air flies Israeli hero Gefen Bitton home after Sydney terror attack.

Hatzolah Air flies Israeli hero Gefen Bitton home after Sydney terror attack

Founder Eli Rowe pilots 40-hour air-ambulance mission to bring the wounded Israeli to Sheba Medical Center for continued care; complex evacuation coordinated across four countries.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Fourteen-year-old Chaya is pictured with members of United Hatzalah's Psychotrauma & Crisis unit while in the hospital receiving treatment for injuries sustained during Sunday’s terrorist attack on a Hannukkah event in Bondi Beach, Australia.

Fourteen-year-old girl shielded, saved two children during Bondi attack

The girl, known only as Chaya, shared her story with members of United Hatzalah's Psychotrauma and Crisis unit who visited her in the hospital. 

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
NEW YORK CITY Jewish leaders speak at a menorah lighting event at Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan on Dec.14, 2025.

New York leaders light menorah after Bondi Bay attack, call for Jewish solidarity and pride

Over a dozen New York police officers and members of Chevra Hatzalah could be seen on the outskirts of the crowd at Carl Schurz Park as Hanukkah songs blared over the speaker.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

MDA, Hatzalah battle over the nation's health

Emergency response teams fighting in court over who should treat the injured and sick.

MAY 14, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A UNITED HATZALAH ambucycle is seen with Jerusalem in the background

Garpevine: A haredi wonder woman

ALMOST EVERY major business enterprise in Israel adopts at least one charitable cause.

FEBRUARY 1, 2019ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
SAGI MUKI is flanked by Oren Smadja (left) and Moshe Mumrad.

Responding with Judge Ruchie Freier: A look at women in Hatzalah

The film, created by Paula Eiselt, a modern Orthodox Jewish woman from Teaneck, New Jersey, documents the creation and establishment of Ezras Nashim, the first religious all-female EM unit in NY.

DECEMBER 12, 2018BySHOSHANNA KEATS-JASKOLL
EZRAS NASHIM women are hard at work in this still from ‘93 Queen,’ which will play on Yes Docu and StingTV at 10 p.m. this Sunday.

Dr. Richie Friedman of Hatzalah tragically killed in New York

He died from traumatic cardiac arrest soon after being rushed to a hospital.

DECEMBER 2, 2018ByYVETTE J. DEANE
United Hatzalah fly car assisting a man near a gas station