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Feb 12, 2019, 3:22 PM
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A Father and Son, Partners in Lifesaving
As a parent, I hope to pass on certain lessons and ideals to my child. I hope one day that he will pass on some to me as well. Here's a story of a father and son who did...
Jan 28, 2019, 6:10 PM
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A Moving Meeting Between a Man and the People Who Saved His Life
This story is one that I felt needed sharing. It's about neighbors helping neighbors and rescuers from within a community becoming family by helping complete strangers. The last day of 2018 in Mevaseret Tzion, Tomer Greenzeid, a United Hatzalah...
Dec 5, 2018, 3:50 PM
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Light Amid the Darkness — A First Responder’s Chanukah Story
Monday was a particularly difficult day for our team of first responders in Rehovot. Early in the morning, our team responded to a fatal car accident that saw one person killed and others injured. Soon afterward, another call came over...
Oct 22, 2018, 7:43 PM
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It’s The Little Things That Matter
It is stories like this one that make me thankful that I live in the country populated by the greatest people in the world. True, we all have our differences of opinion, but the level of kindness that is...
Oct 9, 2018, 12:26 PM
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Helping a Gentleman Who Can No Longer Help Himself
“Never in my life did I think that I would rely upon volunteers to come to my house once a month in order to take me to my favorite spot in the world. The place where I feel the...
Sep 26, 2018, 11:11 PM
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Counting Our Blessings — Tishre Through The Eyes Of a First Responder
It hasn’t been an easy Tishrei for me as a first responder. In the two-and-a-half weeks that have passed so far during this month, I have responded to two major tragedies involving friends of mine from my own community...
Aug 9, 2018, 3:42 PM
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First Responder in Sderot Speaks Out following Rocket Barrage
Last night, United Hatzalah volunteers, like many of the residents of Sderot and the other towns in the Gaza periphery, were up all night due to a constant barrage of rocket fire from Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The...
Aug 7, 2018, 8:12 PM
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The sight I can never forget, the fight I lost
An EMT fights the angel of death over a child's preventable drowning
Jun 17, 2018, 12:54 PM
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‘As I Like It’…. But Really ‘As You Like It’
Some 13 years ago I walked onto a stage in Merkaz Hamagshimim's Center Stage Theater in Jerusalem' German Colony never knowing that I would not only one day run the place, but that I would have one of the most...
Jun 14, 2018, 11:59 AM
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The Boy Who Lived and Those Who Saved Him
Some stories are inspiring in many ways, this one tells of the perseverance of a few people to save the lives of others and make a difference. The Talmud tells us that anyone who saves a single life it...
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Raphael Poch is a Canadian-Israeli playwright, producer, director, actor and journalist. He is the International Media Spokesperson for United Hatzalah and runs the First City Improv Troupe.
