"Have we become indifferent?! It’s just shocking that this has become part of our routine." As we look back on the many tragic effects of the corona pandemic in 2020, there is yet another grim and alarming statistic to consider. In 2020, ZAKA volunteers dealt with 157...
ZAKA Volunteers visit the Horgen Family
ZAKA volunteers from Samaria who operated at the scene of the grizzly terrorist attack where Esther Horgan was murdered on Sunday, visited the grieving family offering their condolences. ZAKA’s team, which included the organization's chairman, Yehuda ‘Meshi’ Zahav,...
Equipment Distribution Ceremony and Certificates of Appreciation to ZAKA Branch Managers
In a modest and exciting ceremony that took place over the weekend in Rishon Lezion, new equipment was distributed to ZAKA’s “Mourner’s Gamachs”. The Gemachs supply all the necessities for the home of a mourner during the seven day period after the passing of a...
ZAKA Signs Historic Collaboration with Counterparts in Dubai
ZAKA Search and Rescue is the first Israeli humanitarian organization to sign an agreement for collaboration with counterparts in Dubai ZAKA held a historic ceremony at DIHAD headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with representatives of the Dubai International...
COVID-19 defiance fuels anti-Semitism, sullies God’s name
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav says many ultra-Orthodox are fighting virus, but a worrying number refuse and won’t reconsider even as death toll rises and hatred of community spreads
Israel President Rivlin Encouraging ZAKA to Continue “Don’t Leave them Behind” Campaign
President of Israel Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin announced that employees at the President’s Residence will take part in the ZAKA “Don’t Leave them Behind” initiative, by making regular phone calls to check on the health and wellbeing of elderly people and those living alone....
Jewish Year 5780 (2019-2020) in Review
Another year has come and gone and it’s time to say farewell to the Jewish year 5780. This past year was certainly not a simple year for anyone, especially not for emergency units such as ZAKA. While businesses and organizations around the world have taken enormous...
Women in Deir Al Asad learn basic life-saving in first-of-its-kind course
Women in the Lower Galilee town of Deir Al Asad were recently trained in the basics of lifesaving by ZAKA volunteers, in a first-of-its-kind joint initiative between ZAKA’s Eshet Lapidot and the Deir Al Asad local council. This, in order to give the women of the...
75 years after the mass shooting of Jews into the River Danube, Budapest, ZAKA divers attempt to retrieve their bones for burial
Nearly 75 years after tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews were shot into the River Danube in Budapest in 1944, ZAKA Search and Rescue divers are about to begin searching the river in an attempt to retrieve their bones for a full Jewish burial. This, after three years...
Cornerstone laid for ZAKA World Headquarters in Jerusalem
A festive ceremony took place yesterday (April 22) in Jerusalem to lay the cornerstone of the ZAKA World Headquarters, which will provide the volunteer search and rescue organization with a purpose-built headquarters that will serve as the nerve center for ZAKA’s...
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