ZAKA
Senior law enforcement officials met volunteers in Beit Shemesh to learn how faith-based responders aided victims of the Hamas-led attacks.
“We are not just bringing advanced tools and trained responders. We are bringing a commitment to uphold the sanctity of life and death” said ZAKA CEO Dubi Weissenstern.
CEO Duby Weissenstern tells JNS of plans to provide much-needed therapies to first responders and others across the country.
They learn about Jewish laws and customs governing the treatment of human remains.
“I’ve been dealing with PTSD since the war began, but no rocket will stop me from continuing to volunteer with ZAKA,” Jamal Waraki tells JNS.
The dramatic reality following Iranian missile strikes is causing some responders to risk their lives to save others.
He also assured ZAKA that Jerusalem will bring back all of the hostages, “those who are alive and those who are not.”
ZAKA offers assistance with California wildfires
Israeli NGO IsraAID is also planning to send an emergency response team to support communities affected by the fires.
“The Jewish community stood up and showed we are not going to be intimidated,” said Steve Fox, president of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Teaneck, N.J.
Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot had frozen Roman Abramovich’s bank account for fear of E.U. and U.K. sanctions.
“I have dealt with blown-up buses, restaurants, hotels and butchered synagogues, but seeing hundreds of bodies at a rave laying in a field... you can’t ever train yourself to be ready for that,” says veteran ZAKA volunteer Simcha Greiniman.
The Israel Police questioned perpetrators and interviewed victims and others, shedding light on the sadistic nature of the Islamic terrorists.
