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...
Edward A. Mermelstein appointed President of ZAKA Search and Rescue USA
Left to right, ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, Israel Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon and President, ZAKA Search and Rescue USA Edward A. Mermelstein In a small ceremony overlooking the United Nations headquarters in New York, attorney, consultant, investor...
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...
ZAKA Establishes Advisory Board in New York
New York, NY- ZAKA Search and Rescue, an organization based in Israel that establishes, trains, and equips rescue units all around the world, has formed an advisory board in New York. On February 12th, The Consul General of Israel in New York, Dani Dayan, hosted a...
ZAKA in Dallas
As part of ZAKA’s ongoing outreach campaign to Jewish communities, ZAKA International Director David Rose and ZAKA U.S. Resource Development Director Menachem Bar-Shalom brought the ZAKA message to the wider Dallas Jewish world in late October. At the invitation of...
ZAKA expands its activities in France
Against the background of increasing anti-Semitic attacks in France and the ever-growing threat of Islamic terrorism in Europe, ZAKA has recently expanded its activities in France. During a recent visit to Paris, ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav met with Joel Mergui,...
An interview with ZAKA Jerusalem Commander Benzi Oering
Translated from Israel Hayom, published January 12, 2017, written by Yehuda Schlesinger "Faith helps you escape from the thoughts of how a mother slaughters her child" Oering. "I cannot stop" Photo: Joshua Joseph "For 30 years I have been dealing with the dead and...
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