"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...
Neighbors Daily Check In Saves Senior Citizen After Falling Alone In His Apartment
Thanks to the vigilance of the neighbors, the life of an 85-year-old man who slipped and fell in his house was saved! ZAKA volunteers were called to Rachel Street in Haifa following a report by neighbors, that the elderly person they visit every day did not answer the...
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
Open letter from Yehuda Meshi Zahav to his Uncle former leader of Neturei Karata, Rabbi Amaram Blau
On the occasion of Israel's 70th Independence Day, ZAKA Founder and Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav composes a letter to his uncle and former leader of the Neturei Karta, the late Rabbi Amram Blau z "l, reflecting on the achievements of the State To my dear uncle and...
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...