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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

first responders

Participants at a one-day intensive PTSD prevention workshop at the Protective Partnership's 'The Villa' program in Herzliya. Protective Partnership CEO Lilach Felner is second from left. June 13, 2024. (Courtesy)
July 10, 2024, 8:37 am
Intensive one-day retreat program aims to prevent PTSD among IDF reservists
After shedding their battle gear, combat troops make their way to The Villa to learn techniques to help put the traumas of war in the past so they can function now and in the future
By Renee Ghert-Zand
US President Donald Trump holds up the signed H.R. 1327 bill in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 29, 2019, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
July 29, 2019, 8:47 pm
Trump signs extension ensuring 9/11 victims’ fund never dries up
Bill passes Congress on bipartisan basis after some delays; $7.4 billion in compensation had rapidly been diminishing, and administrators recently cut benefit payments by up to 70%
By Jill Colvin and Jonathan Lemire
Firefighters at the scene of a large fire that broke at a warehouse in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul neighborhood on May 16, 2016. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
July 31, 2018, 3:50 pm
2 search and rescue joint projects get $1m each from Israel-US fund
Drone-mounted system and emergency radio, it is hoped, ‘will lead to new technologies that ensure first responders are better protected, connected and fully aware’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Screenshot of Edgybees’s augmented reality mapping software used in emergency management situations. (Courtesy)
March 5, 2018, 11:51 am
From video game to disaster relief, pioneering Israeli tech showcased at AIPAC
Startup Edgybees raises $5 million to help firefighters and others avert disaster; presents at AIPAC Israel Innovation showcase
By Urvashi Verma
Illustrative: (From left) Magen David Adom Director Avi Bin, Sheldon and Miriam Adelson unveil one of five new bullet proof ambulances that the Adelsons donated to four West Bank settlements. (Courtesy: Magen David Adom)
January 4, 2018, 11:33 pm
Adelsons donate 5 armored ambulances for West Bank settlements
Bullet-proof emergency vehicles will be stationed in Hebron, Ofra, Efrat, Karnei Shomron and Ariel
By Jacob Magid
An empty hallway at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital, February 2012 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
December 3, 2017, 12:31 am
Man hospitalized after choking on pastry
Resident of Tel Aviv suburb in serious but stable condition
By ToI Staff
An illustration of an Unmanned Search and Rescue System (USRS) for military and civilian use developed by Beeper Communications and Mantaro Networks that got BIRD funding (Courtesy Beeper)
October 8, 2017, 11:58 am
Robots to the rescue as joint US-Israel team gets $900,000 award
BIRD Foundation picks US-based Mantero and Israel’s Beeper Communications to develop unmanned search and rescue robots to help first responders
By ToI Staff
ZAKA volunteers next to the entrance to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem following the July 14, 2017, terror attack. (courtesy ZAKA)
August 1, 2017, 5:59 pm
On the Temple Mount, priests take on a new sacred duty: Collecting bodies
Ultra-Orthodox organization ZAKA, which retrieves fatalities after car accidents and terror attacks, creates volunteer group fearing more attacks on holy site
By Melanie Lidman
Moshe Farchi, the founder and head of Stress, Trauma and Resilience Studies at Tel-Hai College, seen here in Tel Aviv, June 6, 2017. (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
July 18, 2017, 7:37 pm
Israeli ‘mental first-aid’ method lets laymen help attack victims
Researcher Moshe Farchi’s model aims to diminish sense of helplessness; was used by local services following Manchester concert bombing
By Jonah Mandel
David-Seth Kirshner
February 14, 2017, 12:31 pm
David-Seth Kirshner
Bibi, tell Trump of Israel’s courage and kindness
A call for Netanyahu to connect Jews who prioritize security with those who focus on morality — two truly Jewish approaches
SayVu team (Courtesy)
August 10, 2016, 12:12 pm
Israeli emergency tech aims to make Rio attendees safer
Developed after the kidnapping-murder of 3 teens in 2014, SayVu’s technology seeks to prevent such tragedies from happening again, including at the Summer Olympics
By Dan Schwartz
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, a 9/11 first responder (YouTube screenshot)
December 23, 2015, 11:26 pm
‘Stupid’ thief steals rabbi’s toxic Ground Zero garb
Garment contaminated with asbestos, lead taken from Yehuda Kaploun’s car in Miami
By JTA
Screenshot of Red Alert, the Israeli app that warns locals of incoming missile attacks. (Courtesy)
December 14, 2015, 8:03 pm
BIRD program to bring Israeli rescue tech to America
The US-Israel body that facilitates tech cooperation between companies in both countries has a new -– and lifesaving — project
By David Shamah
Jon Stewart impersonates Donald Trump on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' December 10, 2015 (YouTube screenshot)
December 11, 2015, 10:13 pm
Jon Stewart channels the Donald — for a good cause
WATCH: On Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show,’ comedian urges Americans to support renewal of medical care plan for 9/11 first responders
By JTA
Jon Stewart speaking on Capitol Hill, September 16, 2015. (JTA/Twitter)
September 18, 2015, 6:40 am
Jon Stewart lobbies for 9/11 first-responder benefits on Capitol Hill
Former host of ‘Daily Show’ speaks at rally, calls on lawmakers to extend health care law passed in 2011
By JTA
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