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Blood donation (Photo by Nguyễn Hiệp on Unsplash)
October 19, 2022, 2:40 pm
A change of heart? Israel may drop ban on Brits giving blood
The ban has long incensed Brits who have made Israel their home, but this week Magen David Adom’s head of blood services said there was “good news” on the horizon.
By Josh Aronson
Irving Carter's family and friends at a ceremony in Tel Aviv to name MDA's station there in his honour
August 3, 2022, 4:17 pm
Tel Aviv MDA station named after British donor who raised money for ambulances
Israel's emergency services organisation honoured the late Irving Carter this week in a ceremony attended by his family
By Jewish News Reporter
Scene after a terrorist attack in which three people were stabbed. The attack began on a bus and continued into the street in Rishon Lezion. (Photo by Eliran Avital/MDA Spokesman/Israel Sun 2-11-15)
July 21, 2022, 2:19 pm
Medical emergency charity in Israel accused of spying on officials and rival
United Hatzalah stands accused of hiring private investigators to surveil health ministry staff it had linked to rival MDA
By Jewish News Reporter
January 28, 2021, 12:06 pm
120 over 80: Our oldest and wisest
From rabbis and volunteers to Shoah survivors and political figures, here is part three of our celebration of the Jewish community's original social influencers!
By Jewish News
Screenshot from Kan News, showing the CCTV footage of the incident
November 17, 2020, 3:31 pm
Israeli medic fired after spitting on Jesus portraits at Christian family’s home
The Magen David Adom employee was caught on camera removing his mask and overalls before spitting on three pictures in a communal hallway of a block of flats in Jaffa
By Jewish News Reporter
April 16, 2020, 10:26 am
That’s all folks! 
Readers and community leaders reflect on what Jewish News has meant to them over the years... 
November 9, 2019, 10:11 pm
Israeli volunteer paramedic delivers 3 babies in 48 hours
Issachar Weiss helped bring three new Israelis into the world with the MDA Facebook page saying he thinks this is a record for home deliveries for the emergency service
By JTA
Irving and Gillian Carter (second and third from left) opening their Sylvia Carter Medical Clinic, a treatment centre for Israeli children with severe, complex disabilities.
December 16, 2018, 9:13 am
British MDA supporter is first non-Israeli to sit on board of trustees
Vice-president of MDA UK, Irving Carter, will serve on the emergency service's body in an honorary capacity
Eli Benson (right) with an ambulance dedicated in his name
November 27, 2018, 4:19 pm
MDA UK raises £550,000 at record-breaking annual dinner
Warm tribute paid to the late Eli Benson - "No one cared more about MDA than that man" - at event compered by Judge Rob Rinder
By Joe Millis
Mitzvah Day Executive Director Dan Rickman and his wife Alexandra Rickman cooking for the Sufra NW at JW3 in March 2018 - picture by Yakir Zur
October 30, 2018, 10:28 am
Director of Mitzvah Day to become chief executive of ORT UK
Dan Rickman will leave the volunteer charity after three years in the post, to head the Jewish educational organisation
MDA trekkers in Israel, 2017
March 13, 2018, 9:59 am
Hike to raise money for MDA ambulance for Israel’s 70th birthday
Multi-terrain trek for Magen David Adom will see hikers try and raise upwards of £70,000 for a new emergency vehicle
By Jewish News Reporter
Newborn baby in an Israeli hospital (wikipedia)
November 28, 2017, 1:46 pm
Israel’s MDA to open breast milk bank
Israeli emergency group to allow nursing mothers to donate supplies for babies who would otherwise not have access
By Jewish News Reporter
Emergency service Magen David Adom posted a picture of the scene of the fire, adding that two were pronounced dead when they arrived.
November 28, 2017, 9:24 am
Three killed in Israel explosion as building collapses
Emergency services investigate after fatal blast in port city of Jaffa leaves numerous dead and at least five others injured
By Jewish News Reporter
Nathan Levy with his MDA ambulance and three of his four children.
July 20, 2017, 1:09 pm
Meet the family who put heart and soul into Magen David Adom
Lisa Sanders talks to a couple who met as MDA volunteers and whose lives are still shaped by Israel’s fast-moving national emergency service
By Lisa Sanders
May 4, 2017, 3:48 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: 10,000 pats on the back
This week a pat on the back goes to our readers who raised enough money for an Israeli ambulance in 2010
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