How communities can support and empower those with rare diseases Expanded efforts to make travel, education and religious participation more inclusive are essential. Philip Bendheim Feb. 28, 2025
In a wheelchair, sign in hand, Tal Kupershtein refuses to remain silent The father of hostage Bar Kupershtein visited the last place his 21-year-old son was seen before being abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, and taken to the Gaza Strip. Feb. 5, 2025
Humanitarian health care and coexistence under fire in Israel’s north In northern Israel, where communities of Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze live side by side, hospitals and clinics serve as microcosms of a shared society. Philip Bendheim Sept. 27, 2024
How to better heal Israel’s wounded Cooperation between the public health system, nonprofits and the private sector is essential to ensuring proper physical and mental rehabilitation. Philip Bendheim Jan. 21, 2024
Yad Sarah’s equipment loans save Israel’s health system billions The Jewish state's largest national volunteer organization provides a vast quantity of medical and rehabilitative home-care equipment. Judith Segaloff June 8, 2023
Yad Sarah develops two programs: Hospitality Center and car-safety initiative The organization has loaned more than 200 children’s car seats to Arab and Bedouin Israeli citizens. Aug. 12, 2021
Yad Sarah provides medical equipment, support services to Israeli citizens under fire The organization has sent reinforcement to branches in southern Israel, providing supplies like home hospital equipment, wheelchairs, crutches, respiratory aids and more by the hundreds. May 19, 2021
Yad Sarah inspires start of medical equipment-lending outlet in Connecticut “When I saw the world-class presentation, I said to myself, ‘Wow. This is just an incredible idea, an incredible concept,’ ” said Wheel It Forward founder Elliot Sloyer. Feb. 2, 2021
IDF naval commandos give Israeli coronavirus patients a hand In addition to helping deliver food and medicine to nursing homes, members of Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit agree to supply 400 filled oxygen tanks a week. Hanan Greenwood April 13, 2020
