Flight of Holocaust survivors departs from Kishinev to Israel
Jewish community in Moldova secures emergency flight to rescue elderly Holocaust survivors and those wounded from the war in Ukraine.
Jewish community in Moldova secures emergency flight to rescue elderly Holocaust survivors and those wounded from the war in Ukraine.
Miraculously, included in those rescued in the incredible mission was a 100-year-old holocaust survivor.
Altogether 8 people were saved in an operation fraught with danger, including bribing Russian soldiers to let them pass.
MDA, ZAKA, and HatzolAir transport family wounded when missile struck their home on Saturday to Israel.
A missile strike to an apartment building in Kyiv left a family injured. ZAKA volunteers rushed to extract to hospital care.
Hebrew speakers point out: Facebook's new name means 'dead' in Hebrew. 'Jewish community will make fun of this name for years to come.'
Following protests & intervention of ZAKA, Supreme Court orders Prosecution to expedite burial of stabbing victim.
'In the past 5 years, he's been perfectly righteous. A person is allowed to repent,' says Rabbi Aharon Baumel, friend of Yehuda Meshi-Zahav.
'Everywhere there were cries for help, there was the smell of death and bereavement,' says ZAKA volunteer who responded to Meron disaster.
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav left letter denying any wrongdoing ahead of suicide attempt.
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav remains in critical condition hours after attempting suicide, faces arrest if he recovers.
Television program on investigation of Yehuda Meshi-Zahav to air tonight despite his critical condition at Shaarei Tzedek hospital.
Family of Yehuda Meshi-Zahav say image of suicide note does not match ZAKA founder's handwriting.
'I am sorry, try to remember the good I did and what I forgot,' ZAKA founder writes in letter found at scene of suicide attempt.
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, founder of ZAKA, undergoes CPR, is hospitalized, after attempted suicide.
20-year old Itamar Hilman lost his life in a motorcycle accident in the center of Jerusalem.
'We always suspected him of being a pervert,' says senior ZAKA official after search and rescue organization's chief accused of rape.
Allegations of sexual assault against Yehuda Meshi Zahav gather steam.
ZAKA Search and Rescue organization founder and chairman to receive prestigious Israel Prize for organization's work to save lives.
ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi Zahav lost both his parents to COVID-19 in recent weeks.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Meshi-Zahav, Father of ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, dies within one week of his wife's passing.
"Is this really just a political debate?" asks Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, "or are we simply facing a reality?"
ZAKA has dealt with no less than 120 forgotten victims of coronavirus - the elderly who die alone in their own homes.
Following unnoticed deaths of some elderly, ZAKA organization begins campaign to raise awareness. 'Say good morning to your neighbors.'
41-year-old found unconscious inside closed vehicle on Sigalit Street in Hadera; MDA team determines death.
Paramedics say 90-year-old woman slipped and fell in her house and died after no one heard her cries.
The organization has encountered decaying bodies discovered while no one was aware of the deaths and has now decided to raise awareness.
Amid coronavirus epidemic, ZAKA Search and Rescue launches campaign promoting daily 'check-up' calls to the elderly and those living along.
“In one recent incident, an Israeli in quarantine suffered a medical emergency and died in his home.
ZAKA volunteer who found body of dead 18-year-old was recorded updating superior in real time.
ZAKA volunteers locate remains of Avraham Matzliah 6 months after he and another Israeli were killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
Two young men go swimming together near Tel Aviv. One of them reports his friend disappeared.
Guatemala's Secretary of Peace says award given out of respect for humanitarian assistance provided to nation's citizens by ZAKA volunteers.
Baruch Eisenberg, who arrived with family from NY for Passover visit, hit by bus on after suddenly descending from sidewalk to road.
Two teams from ZAKA International Rescue Unit leave for Ethiopia to locate bodies of Israelis killed in the plane crash there.
Israeli search and rescue team dispatched to Brazil following dam collapse operating in flood zone, accessible only by helicopter.
Israeli emergency response group continues its mission to locate remains of Holocaust victims in Danube and bring them for Jewish burial.
Sonar scan of Danube River in Budapest fails to reveal signs of human remains during search for bones of Holocaust victims.
75 years after mass shooting of Jews on banks of River Danube, Budapest, ZAKA divers attempt to retrieve their bones for burial.
Israeli-Canadian play deals with ZAKA decision to ignore directive to treat terrorists in same way as Jews. 'Even morality has boundaries.'